®Planning appeal decision
Red Lion Inn, Great Bricett, Ipswich, Suffolk , IP7 7DD
change of use of public house (sui generis) to dwelling (C3)
- Authority
- Mid Suffolk District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Thompson P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would comply with local and national planning policies which seek to protect existing community facilities, having regard to the marketing of the public house, its viability and loss of employment
- whether the proposals preserve a Grade II listed building, known as 'The Red Lion Inn', and any features of special historic interest that it possesses
What decided it
The failure to satisfactorily demonstrate that the existing public house use is unviable means the proposed change of use would result in the unnecessary loss of a valued rural facility, contrary to development plan policies and the Framework, and this harm outweighs the identified benefits.
The modest social, economic and environmental benefits of the dwelling use were outweighed by the considerable harm caused by the unnecessary loss of a valued rural facility.
Framework references: 84, 93
Plan policies cited: Policy E6 of the Mid Suffolk Local Plan (1998), Policy CS5 of the Council's Core Strategy, Policies GP1, HB1, HB3 and H15 of the Local Plan, Policy FC1 of the Core Strategy Focused Review
Judgments cited: Fernwick Ltd v Mid Suffolk DC & Anor [2016] UKFTT CR-2015-0024 (GRC)
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