®Planning appeal decision
Western Farm, Plantation Road, Aslacton, NR15 2ER
provision of 10 tied caravans to provide workers accommodation ancillary to specialist poultry transport depot
- Authority
- South Norfolk District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Pannell G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether there is an essential need for rural workers to live permanently at their place of work
- whether the site represents an appropriate location having regard to the council's spatial strategy; and access to services and facilities on foot
What decided it
The likely significant adverse effect on the integrity of the Broads Special Area of Conservation from nutrient impacts, for which no agreed mitigation strategy was in place, provided a clear reason for refusal that outweighed the identified benefits.
the moderate economic, limited social and modest housing-supply benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the moderate adverse environmental/social effects of the location and the significant harm to the integrity of the Broads SAC, so the tilted balance was not engaged and the balance tipped against the proposal
Framework references: 11, 79, 110, 112, 130, 180
Plan policies cited: Policy DM1.3, Policy DM2.11, Policy DM 3.10, Policy 4, Policy DM3.2, Policy 18, Policies 1 and 6 of the JCS
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.