Planning appeal decision
Sailings Main Road, Brancaster Staithe, King's Lynn, PE31 8BP
Planning appeal 3290121 at Sailings Main Road, Brancaster Staithe, King's Lynn, PE31 8BP (King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council) was allowed on 27 July 2022 by Inspector Price J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the form and character of the area.
erection of 1no. self-build dwelling
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Price J
- Postcode
- PE31 8BP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the form and character of the area
What decided it
The completion of the tall frontage houses at Sailings and Breakers altered the character context such that the backland proposal would cause only minor rather than significant harm to the form and character of the area, and this modest harm was outweighed by the economic and social benefits of the scheme.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS01Policy CS02Policy CS06Policy CS08Policy DM2Policy DM15Policy 9 of the Brancaster Parish Neighbourhood Plan
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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