®Planning appeal decision
Stable Cottage, High Road, Great Finborough, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 3BQ
erection of building for use as three holiday lets
- Authority
- Mid Suffolk District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Thompson P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the ecology and biodiversity of the site and its surroundings
- whether the site would be a suitable location for the proposed development, having regard to its accessibility and rural diversification
- the effect of the proposed development on the rural landscape and character of the site and its surroundings
- whether the proposed development would be at risk from flooding
What decided it
The absence of an ecological appraisal and the Inspector's conclusion that exceptional circumstances did not exist to impose a condition requiring post-permission ecological assessment, combined with the potential for unacceptable harm to protected species and biodiversity, meant the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the tourism and diversification benefits.
The benefits of tourism provision and rural diversification were outweighed by the significant and demonstrable adverse impacts on ecology and biodiversity, which conflicted with the Framework, NERC and Circular 06/2005.
Framework references: 11, 80, 84, 85, 174
Plan policies cited: Policy CS1, Policy CS2, Policy CS4, Policy CS6, Policy CL17, Policy RT16, Policy GP1, Policy FC1, Policy FC1.1
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.