®Planning appeal decision
Deal Farm Kenninghall Road, Bressingham, DISS, Norfolk, IP22 2HG
the construction of an Anaerobic Digestion facility (part retrospective), comprising: 1 no. digester tank and 1 no. secondary digester/digestate storage tank, silage clamps; liquid and dry feed system; digestate separation, handling and pasteurization; biogas upgrading and mains gas-grid connection; carbon capture; CHP; agricultural building; office buildings; weighbridge; 2 no. covered digestate storage lagoons; and associated plant, vehicular accesses, roads and landscaping (including earth bunds)
- Authority
- South Norfolk District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- utilities-energy · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Lewis D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effects of the proposal on the function and safety of the surrounding highway network, having regard to the character and standard of the highways providing access to and from the site
- The effects of the proposal on the landscape character of the area and the appearance of the countryside, considering the scale and design of the proposed plant and buildings, the location and formation of associated infrastructure and proposed mitigation measures
- The effects of the proposal on the amenity of the local community and the occupiers of neighbouring homes
- The contribution of the proposal to sustainable energy generation in the context of national policy on renewable energy and net zero targets
What decided it
The unacceptable and unmitigated impact of increased traffic, particularly heavy commercial vehicles during the harvest period, on the safety of the narrow rural highway network, including the inadequacy of the proposed haul route.
the substantial harm to highway safety was not outweighed by the significant contribution to renewable energy generation, moderate economic benefits, and significant biodiversity net gain, so the overall planning balance weighed against the proposal
Framework references: 163, 194, 115, 135, 191, 85, 88
Plan policies cited: Policy DM 3.11, Policy DM 4.1, Policy DM 4.5, Policy CS7, Policy DM 1.4, Policy DM 4.9, Policy DM 3.13, Policy DM 4.10, Policy 2, Policy 3, Policy 6
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