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Land At Dovedale Close, Badwell Ash, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 3EY
Planning appeal 3310678 at Land At Dovedale Close, Badwell Ash, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 3EY (Mid Suffolk District Council) was allowed on 12 July 2023 by Inspector Somers J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would provide a suitable site for development, having regard to its location in conjunction with the Housing Strategy of the area.
the proposed erection of three residential dwellings
- Authority
- Mid Suffolk District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Somers J
- Postcode
- IP31 3EY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would provide a suitable site for development, having regard to its location in conjunction with the Housing Strategy of the area
What decided it
The out-of-date status of the development plan policies restricting development outside settlement boundaries, combined with the site's location as infill development well-related to the existing settlement, triggered the tilted balance under paragraph 11 of the Framework, which favoured the provision of three dwellings.
The conflict with out-of-date development plan policies was outweighed by the substantial benefits of providing three market dwellings on a site that functions as infill development and is visually and functionally well-related to the existing village, together with moderate economic and environmental benefits.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Saved Mid Suffolk Core Strategy 2008 Policy CS1Saved Mid Suffolk Core Strategy 2008 Policy CS2Saved Mid Suffolk Local Plan 1998 Policy H7Mid Suffolk Core Strategy Focused Review Policy FC1Mid Suffolk Core Strategy Focused Review Policy FC1.1Policy CS3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 48Paragraph 69Paragraph 78Paragraph 79Paragraph 105Paragraph 110
- Judgments
- Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 P37]; Braintree District Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Greyread Limited & Granville Development Limited [2017]
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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