®Planning appeal decision
Outbuildings South Of Fox Lodge, Highfield Lane, Brooke, Norfolk, NR15 1EX
the conversion and extension of two buildings to form 1 no. dwelling
- Authority
- South Norfolk District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Allen K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for the proposed development, having regard to local and national policy
- the effect of the development on the integrity of European Designated Habitat Sites
What decided it
The inability of the Council to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, combined with the proposal's re-use of a redundant building and location within a Service Village with adequate services, demonstrated overriding social, environmental and economic benefits that justified development in the countryside under Policy DM1.3(d).
The significant social benefit of housing delivery in a district unable to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, combined with modest economic benefits and limited environmental enhancements, outweighed the location in the countryside outside the settlement boundary, provided that adverse effects on European designated sites were adequately mitigated through planning obligations.
Plan policies cited: Policy DM1.3, Policy DM3.10, Policy DM1.1, Policy 3.10, Policies 1, 2 and 6 of the Joint Core Strategy for Broadland, Norwich, and South Norfolk, JCS Policy 3, JCS Policy 6
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.