®Planning appeal decision
Amenity Land, Tye Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0BF
erection of student accommodation block providing 160 bedrooms over 5 storeys
- Authority
- Ipswich Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Felgate J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether, in terms of land use, the proposed development would accord with the relevant site-specific development plan policy for the site
- the development's effects on the character and appearance of the area
- the effects on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with particular regard to privacy and overbearing
- whether the scheme would provide adequate living conditions for its own future occupiers, in terms of on-site amenity space
- whether permission should be granted in the absence of a Section 106 agreement or undertaking
What decided it
The proposed development's failure to provide any on-site outdoor amenity space, contrary to Policy DM7 and SAP site IP142 requirements, combined with the absence of an executed Section 106 agreement to secure necessary mitigation contributions, means the scheme conflicts with the development plan's most relevant policies.
Framework references: 63
Plan policies cited: Policy SP27, Policy DM15, Policy DM12, Policy DM18, Policy DM20, Policy DM7, Policy DM23, Policy DM8, Policy CS17
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