Hurricane Corner, Church Road, Lower Bodham, NR25 6RN

Planning appeal 3270961 at Hurricane Corner, Church Road, Lower Bodham, NR25 6RN (North Norfolk District Council) was dismissed on 25 November 2021 by Inspector Spencer D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site would be a sustainable location for residential development.

erection of one self-build dwelling

Authority: North Norfolk District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Spencer D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site would be a sustainable location for residential development

What decided it

The appeal site's isolation from any settlement and the resulting unsustainability for residential development, which would conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy to focus housing in settlements, could not be overcome by the modest benefits even under the tilted balance.

The modest cumulative benefits of housing delivery and self-build provision were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant social and environmental harms arising from an isolated dwelling in the countryside contrary to the development plan and national planning policy

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy SS1Policy SS2Policy SS4
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 79Paragraph 80Paragraph 105Paragraph 152Paragraph 174
Judgments: Braintree District Council v. SSCLG, Greyread Ltd, Granville Developments [2018] EWCA Civ 610

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