®Planning appeal decision
land to the north of Thelnetham Road, Hopton
up to 47 dwellings with all matters reserved accept for means of access
- Authority
- West Suffolk
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Holden S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is a suitable location for residential development having regard to local and national planning policy for the location of housing
What decided it
The location of the development outside the settlement boundary conflicts with the Council's spatial strategy and settlement hierarchy, and this substantial harm outweighs the significant benefits of housing delivery and affordable housing provision.
the significant social and economic benefits of 47 new dwellings and 40% affordable housing were outweighed by the substantial harm of locating development outside the settlement boundary contrary to the spatial strategy and the moderate harm of requiring longer journeys for employment, secondary education and other services
Framework references: 11, 80
Plan policies cited: Policy CS1, Policy CS4, Policy CS13, Policy RV3, Policy DM5, Policy DM27, Policy CS5
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.