Land Rear of The Six Bells Inn, Church Road, Felsham, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 0PJ

Planning appeal 3289197 at Land Rear of The Six Bells Inn, Church Road, Felsham, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 0PJ (Mid Suffolk District Council) was dismissed on 21 November 2022 by Inspector Fleming L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effects of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area bearing in mind it would be within the Felsham Conservation Area and within the setting of the grade II listed Six Bells Public House, Church Road.

erection of two detached dwellings and associated parking and landscaping on land to the rear of the public house, utilising the existing public house access

Authority: Mid Suffolk District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Fleming L
Postcode: IP30 0PJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effects of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area bearing in mind it would be within the Felsham Conservation Area and within the setting of the grade II listed Six Bells Public House, Church Road
The living conditions of future occupants of the proposed development with particular regard to privacy
Highway safety

What decided it

The proposed development would harm the significance of the Conservation Area as a designated heritage asset, and this less-than-substantial harm was not outweighed by the public benefits of the scheme.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Saved Policy T10Saved Policy H13Saved Policy GP1Saved Policy HB8Saved Policy H3Policy CS5
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 199Paragraph 202Paragraph 130Paragraph 111

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