Planning appeal decision
Starbucks, A11 Southbound From Attleborough To District Boundary, Besthorpe, Norfolk, NR17 2PU
Planning appeal 3320656 at Starbucks, A11 Southbound From Attleborough To District Boundary, Besthorpe, Norfolk, NR17 2PU (Breckland Council) was allowed on 6 February 2024 by Inspector Reed D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether condition nos 3, 5 and 7 are necessary, relevant to the development, precise and reasonable in all other respects, and whether any other conditions are necessary to make the development acceptable.
Change of use from an agricultural field to a dog walking field with the retention of crop cricket bat willow trees and associated parking and footpath
- Authority
- Breckland Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Reed D
- Postcode
- NR17 2PU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether condition nos 3, 5 and 7 are necessary, relevant to the development, precise and reasonable in all other respects, and whether any other conditions are necessary to make the development acceptable
What decided it
The conditions required revision to remove unreasonably prescriptive requirements whilst retaining necessary protections for biodiversity, landscape character and highway safety, with additional conditions needed to secure and subsequently remove the boundary fencing.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ENV02Policy ENV06Policy COM3Policy TR01Policy TR02
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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