®Planning appeal decision
Robyn's Nest, Baldwins Drove, Outwell, Norfolk, PE14 8SB
Planning appeal 3286363 at Robyn's Nest, Baldwins Drove, Outwell, Norfolk, PE14 8SB (King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 4 September 2023 by Inspector Willows P, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.
Without planning permission, the material change of use of the Land from agricultural use to a mixed use of agricultural land and use for residential purposes
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Willows P
- Postcode
- PE14 8SB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether the site is appropriately situated in relation to services and facilities, having regard to local and national policies relating to the location of development
- Whether the site is an appropriate location for a residential use, having regard to flood risk considerations
- Whether any harm is outweighed by any need for the development, and whether it makes any contribution to the provision of Gypsy and Traveller accommodation
What decided it
The failure to pass the flood risk sequential test combined with harm to rural character and an unsustainable location for residential use outweighed the personal need and Gypsy/Traveller accommodation benefits relied on by the appellants.
the harm to character and appearance, the unsustainable location, and the failure to pass the flood risk sequential test were not outweighed by the significant weight attached to the appellants' personal circumstances and the shortfall in Gypsy/Traveller accommodation
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS06Policy CS02Policy DM2Policy CS08Policy CS09
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 159
- Judgments
- Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest DC [1972] 1 WLR 1207; Grendon v FSS & Cotswold DC [2006] EWHC 1711 (Admin), [2007] JPL 275; Gravesham BC v SSE & O'Brien [1982] 47 P&CR 142; [1983] JPL 307; Miller-Mead v MoHLG [1963] 2 WLR 225
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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