®Planning appeal decision
Outbuildings South Of Fox Lodge, Highfield Lane, Brooke, Norfolk, NR15 1EX
Planning appeal 3324375 at Outbuildings South Of Fox Lodge, Highfield Lane, Brooke, Norfolk, NR15 1EX (South Norfolk District Council) was allowed on 12 April 2024 by Inspector Allen K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for the proposed development, having regard to local and national policy.
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
- Postcode
- NR15 1EX
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM1.3Policy DM3.10Policy DM1.1Policy 3.10Policies 1, 2 and 6 of the Joint Core Strategy for Broadland, Norwich, and South NorfolkJCS Policy 3JCS Policy 6
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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