®Planning appeal decision
The Old Forge Cottage, Norwich Road, Earl Stonham, IP14 5DR
New Dwelling & Garage within garden of Old Forge Cottage, new access and associated parking for two dwellings
- Authority
- Mid Suffolk District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wallace J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is a suitable location for development, with regard to the Council's settlement hierarchy, the vitality of the rural community and access to services, facilities and employment
What decided it
The proposal would not enhance or maintain the vitality of the rural community and would result in significant reliance on the private car, with adverse impacts that significantly and demonstrably outweigh the limited benefits of a single dwelling in an area with adequate housing land supply.
The adverse effects of development in an unsustainable location contrary to the Framework's rural housing principles significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited social, economic and environmental benefits of a single dwelling, particularly given the Council's significant supply of deliverable housing land.
Framework references: 80, 79, 105, 219, 11
Plan policies cited: LP Saved Policy H7, CS Policy CS 1, CS Policy CS 2, CS Policy FC 1, CS Policy FC 1.1
Judgments cited: Wood v SoS CLG and another [2014] EWHC 683
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