®Planning appeal decision
Land at Lower Road, Onehouse, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 3BZ
erection of 1 No detached dwelling and garage, including construction of new vehicular access
- Authority
- Mid Suffolk District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Savage K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal represents an appropriate location for housing, having regard to relevant local and national policies regarding development in the countryside and other material considerations
What decided it
The site's distance from services and poor accessibility by non-car modes would result in reliance on the private car and fail to enhance or maintain the vitality of the rural community, and these adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh the limited benefits of the proposal.
The limited benefits of housing delivery and modest economic benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by conflict with settlement strategy, environmental harm due to private car reliance, and failure to support rural community vitality, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 79, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy CS1, Policy CS2, Policy H7, Policy FC1, Policy FC1.1
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.