Land adjacent to Delph Lodge , The Common , Beck Row , Suffolk , IP28 8BU

outline planning application (all matters reserved) proposing the erection of a self build dwelling on garden amenity land serving Delph Lodge, The Common, Beck Row, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 8BU

Authority: West Suffolk
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Wyatt G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the development having regard to the development plan
the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
the effect of the development on protected species

What decided it

The site's location as an isolated dwelling in the countryside, remote from services and settlement, conflicting with the development plan's spatial strategy and failing to meet the circumstances in paragraph 80 of the Framework.

Even if the tilted balance at paragraph 11 of the Framework was applied, the suggested benefits of housing supply and self-build provision do not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the harm to character and appearance and conflict with adopted policy

Framework references: 80, 79, 219, 11

Plan policies cited: Policy CS1, Policy CS10, Policy DM5, Policy DM27, Policy DM2, Policy DM10, Policy DM11, Policy DM12

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