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Dismissed11 October 20223297920

Great Bricett Business Park, Great Bricett, Ipswich, IP7 7DZ

Planning appeal 3297920 at Great Bricett Business Park, Great Bricett, Ipswich, IP7 7DZ (Mid Suffolk District Council) was dismissed on 11 October 2022 by Inspector Wilkinson S, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the proposed development would make adequate provision for affordable housing.

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
Postcode
IP7 7DZ

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy H4Policy CS1Policy CS2Policy H7Policy FC1Policy FC1.1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 57Paragraph 63Paragraph 78Paragraph 79Paragraph 105Paragraph 174Paragraph 219
Judgments
R(Evans) v Mid Suffolk [2021] EWHC 511; Wavendon Properties Ltd v SSHCLG and Milton Keynes Council [2019] EWHC 1524 (Admin)

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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