Planning appeal decision
The Field House ,Barracks Road, Assington, Sudbury, CO10 5LP
Planning appeal 3291250 at The Field House ,Barracks Road, Assington, Sudbury, CO10 5LP (Babergh District Council) was dismissed on 16 August 2022 by Inspector Kemmann-Lane T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable as the location for residential development.
the erection of 2 No. one and a half storey detached dwellings with detached garages and formation of new vehicular access from Barracks Road
- Authority
- Babergh District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Kemmann-Lane T
- Postcode
- CO10 5LP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable as the location for residential development
- The effect of the development on an Area of Local Landscape Sensitivity, a protected view and on the character of the village and the streetscene
- Whether there would be a loss of high grade agricultural land
What decided it
The proposal is contrary to neighbourhood plan policies ASSN1 and ASSN2 which restrict residential development outside the settlement boundary to essential workers, and would sterilise best and most versatile agricultural land contrary to national policy.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CS2CS11CR04CR08ASSN1ASSN2ASSN5ASSN7ASSN8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 30Paragraph 72Paragraph 80Paragraph 174
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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