®Planning appeal decision
Former Limagrain Site, Station Road, Docking, PE31 8LS
Outline planning application (some matters reserved) for 4 serviced plots for Custom Housebuilding
- Authority
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Thompson P
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.
Framework references: 61, 65, 130, 197, 199, 200, 202
Plan policies cited: CS01, CS02, CS06, CS08, CS09, CS12, CS14, DM1, DM2, DM08, DM15, DM19
Judgments cited: R. v Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council Ex Parte Milne [31 July 2000] EWHC 650 (Admin)
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.