®Planning appeal decision
Land At Dovedale Close, Badwell Ash, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 3EY
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
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The out-of-date status of the development plan policies restricting development outside settlement boundaries, combined with the site's location as infill development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The conflict with out-of-date development plan policies was outweighed by the substantial benefits of providing three market dwellings on a site that functions as infill development and is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.
Framework references: 11, 48, 69, 78, 79, 105, 110
Plan policies cited: Saved Mid Suffolk Core Strategy 2008 Policy CS1, Saved Mid Suffolk Core Strategy 2008 Policy CS2, Saved Mid Suffolk Local Plan 1998 Policy H7, Mid Suffolk Core Strategy Focused Review Policy FC1, Mid Suffolk Core Strategy Focused Review Policy FC1.1, Policy CS3
Judgments cited: 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]
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