Moat Farm, Baylham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8JW

application for ‘Planning Permission in Principle Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (Permission in Principle)(Amendment) Order 2017 - residential development of 1 to 4 dwellings

Authority: Mid Suffolk District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Price J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development

What decided it

The site's poor accessibility to services and facilities, requiring significant reliance on private car travel, means the adverse impacts of allowing housing would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the modest benefits, even applying the tilted balance under paragraph 11(d)(ii) of the Framework.

The modest social and economic benefits of housing delivery were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts of locating residential development in a poorly-served rural location with high car dependency, assessed against Framework policies as a whole

Framework references: 11, 105

Plan policies cited: CS1, CS2, LP H7

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