Planning appeal decision
Part of Land South Side of A14, Felixstowe Road , Levington, Suffolk, IP10 0LT
Planning appeal 3319395 at Part of Land South Side of A14, Felixstowe Road , Levington, Suffolk, IP10 0LT (East Suffolk) was dismissed on 14 September 2023 by Inspector Johnson W, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is an appropriate location for the scheme, having particular regard to safeguarding the countryside and ensuring a suitable and sustainable form of development.
change of use from former agricultural to mixed use of B2 and B8
- Authority
- East Suffolk
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Johnson W
- Postcode
- IP10 0LT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is an appropriate location for the scheme, having particular regard to safeguarding the countryside and ensuring a suitable and sustainable form of development.
What decided it
The site's inappropriate location outside the settlement boundary, causing conflict with the development plan's spatial and employment policies, outweighed the economic benefits offered.
the economic benefits of job creation did not outweigh the conflict with the development plan taken as a whole and the resulting visual harm
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SCLP3.3Policy SCLP4.2Policy SCLP4.5 b)Policy SCLP12.34Policy SCLP3.2Policy SCLP4.3Policy SCLP4.7
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 82Paragraph 83
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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