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Notice upheld30 November 20213270507

Land Adjacent to Riverside John Lake Shellfish, Cross Bank Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 2HD

Planning appeal 3270507 at Land Adjacent to Riverside John Lake Shellfish, Cross Bank Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 2HD (King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council) was dismissed on 30 November 2021 by Inspector Saward K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the suitability of the appeal site for the siting of a caravan for residential purposes having regard to flood risk.

without planning permission, the material change of use of land from industrial to a mixed use of industrial and for the siting of a residential caravan

Authority
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector
Saward K
Postcode
PE30 2HD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the suitability of the appeal site for the siting of a caravan for residential purposes having regard to flood risk

What decided it

The absence of a site-specific flood risk assessment and failure to demonstrate that the sequential test had been applied to identify alternative sites at lower flood risk meant the development could not be permitted in Flood Zone 3a.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DM 1Policy CS01Policy CS08
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 159Paragraph 162Paragraph 167Paragraph 168

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