®Planning appeal decision
Great Bricett Business Park, Great Bricett, IPSWICH, IP7 7DZ
change of use of the land for the siting of up to 69 mobile homes (following the demolition of existing buildings)
- Authority
- Mid Suffolk District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Wilkinson S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the proposed development would make adequate provision for affordable housing
- whether the location of the proposed development would enable access to services by a range of transport modes
What decided it
The unsustainable location of the site, which would not provide a genuine choice of transport modes other than by private car, outweighed the benefits of the scheme even setting aside the affordable housing shortfall.
The benefits of delivering 69 new homes did not outweigh the harm arising from the site's unsustainable location and the unjustified affordable housing contribution, such that the harm significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
Framework references: 57, 63, 78, 79, 105, 174, 219
Plan policies cited: Policy H4, Policy CS1, Policy CS2, Policy H7, Policy FC1, Policy FC1.1
Judgments cited: R(Evans) v Mid Suffolk [2021] EWHC 511; Wavendon Properties Ltd v SSHCLG and Milton Keynes Council [2019] EWHC 1524 (Admin)
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.