®Planning appeal decision
North Farm Green Lane, Horsford, NORWICH, NR10 3ED
erection of two dwellings
- Authority
- Broadland District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Russell M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for the development having regard to the development plan and national policy
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- whether suitable living conditions would be provided for future occupiers of the development with particular regard to light
What decided it
The significant harm to the character and appearance of the rural area, combined with conflict with the development plan's settlement boundary policy, substantially and demonstrably outweighed the modest housing benefits even in the context of an undemonstrated five-year supply.
the modest benefits of two dwellings and associated economic and social benefits were substantially outweighed by the locational harm and significant harm to character and appearance, with the tilted balance not favourable to the proposal
Framework references: 174, 130
Plan policies cited: Policy GC2 (Location of Development) of the Broadland District Council Development Management DPD (2015), Policy 2 (Promoting good design) of the Joint Core Strategy for Broadland, Norwich and South Norfolk (2011 with amendments adopted 2014), Policy GC4 (Design) of the DMDPD, Policy HBE3 (High quality design) of the Horsford Neighbourhood Plan (2018), EN2 (Landscape) of the DMDPD, Policy ENV5 (Trees and site boundaries) of the Horsford Neighbourhood Plan
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.