®Planning appeal decision
Former Limagrain Site, Station Road, Docking, PE31 8LS
Planning appeal 3320506 at Former Limagrain Site, Station Road, Docking, PE31 8LS (King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council) was allowed on 2 October 2023 by Inspector Thompson P, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal is consistent with policies relating to housing in the countryside, including the effect on its character and beauty and to the setting of the Docking Conservation Area.
Outline planning application (some matters reserved) for 4 serviced plots for Custom Housebuilding
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Thompson P
- Postcode
- PE31 8LS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal is consistent with policies relating to housing in the countryside, including the effect on its character and beauty and to the setting of the Docking Conservation Area
- whether suitable provision would be made for affordable housing
- the effect of the proposal on the integrity of the features of European nature conservation sites at Dersingham Bog, the North Norfolk Coast, Roydon Common, and The Wash
What decided it
The significant unmet demand for self-build and custom housebuilding plots in the Borough, secured by the proposal, was found to outweigh the less than substantial harm to the Conservation Area's setting and the conflict with the development plan.
The significant weight afforded to the delivery of four custom-build plots, combined with several limited-weight benefits, outweighed the great weight to the Conservation Area's conservation and the considerable importance attached to the less than substantial harm to its setting, and outweighed the moderate-to-considerable weight given to conflicts with development plan policies.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CS01CS02CS06CS08CS09CS12CS14DM1DM2DM08DM15DM19
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 61Paragraph 65Paragraph 130Paragraph 197Paragraph 199Paragraph 200Paragraph 202
- Judgments
- R. v Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council Ex Parte Milne [31 July 2000] EWHC 650 (Admin)
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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