®Planning appeal decision
Land north of Howe Lane, Cockfield, Suffolk, IP30 0HA
erection of 2 no. detached dwellings and associated garages (with access)
- Authority
- Babergh District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Marshall E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The impact of the proposal upon the setting of Grade I listed Church of St Peter and whether any harm identified would be outweighed by the public benefits of the proposal
- The landscape and character of the area and village as a whole
What decided it
The less than substantial harm to the setting of the Grade I listed Church of St Peter, to which great weight must be given under paragraph 199 of the Framework, was not outweighed by the limited public benefits of two dwellings.
The adverse impacts of harm to a Grade I listed heritage asset and moderate landscape harm significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of two additional dwellings when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole
Framework references: 11, 174, 199, 201, 202
Plan policies cited: Babergh Local Plan 2006 Policy CN06, Babergh Core Strategy 2014 Policy CS15, Babergh Local Plan 2006 Policy CN01
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.