®Planning appeal decision
Land at Laurel Farm, The Street, St James South Elmham, Suffolk, IP19 0HL
Without planning permission, the unauthorised change of use from the permitted established mixed use of residential/industrial (B2)/agriculture to a mixed residential/industrial (B2)/sui generis use as a waste transfer station, including the importation, storage, sorting and processing waste, comprising of commercial and domestic, building, demo lition, metal and wire waste and associated hardstanding
- Authority
- Suffolk County Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- minerals-waste · Change of use
- Inspector
- Lewis D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development is in an acceptable location, having particular regard to the adopted spatial strategy and the local highway network; the effects on the local environment including character and appearance of Laurel Farm and surrounding area, historic and natural environments, residential amenity and village amenity; and the contribution to local economy and waste management
What decided it
The development is not in an acceptable location due to severe highway impacts on unsuitable rural lanes, serious harm to landscape character and heritage assets, unacceptable noise impacts in a quiet rural village, and potential adverse effects on the SSSI, which together demonstrate the development is contrary to development plan policies and national planning policy.
Framework references: 11, 59
Plan policies cited: Policy WLP1.2, Policy WLP8.35, Policy GP3, Policy GP4, Policy WP3, Policy WP8, Policy WP9
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.