Land East of Meadow View , High Street, Long Melford, Suffolk, CO10 9DB

Planning appeal 3325188 at Land East of Meadow View , High Street, Long Melford, Suffolk, CO10 9DB (Babergh District Council) was allowed on 5 September 2024 by Inspector Sibley G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be in a suitable location having regard to policies concerned with housing in rural areas.

erection of 6No single-storey, 2/3 bedroom dwellings with associated ancillary outbuildings; creation of access (following demolition of No 8 Harefield and stable)

Authority: Babergh District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Sibley G
Postcode: CO10 9DB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development would be in a suitable location having regard to policies concerned with housing in rural areas
Whether the proposal would preserve the setting of the Grade II listed Hill House and the setting of the Long Melford Conservation Area

What decided it

The fallback position of the approved five-dwelling scheme, which would cause greater harm to the heritage assets than the proposed six-dwelling scheme, provided sufficient material consideration to outweigh the conflict with development plan policies on housing in rural areas.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy SP03Policy LP01Policy LP19Policy LM1Policy LM11
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 80Paragraph 84Paragraph 157Paragraph 205Paragraph 206Paragraph 208

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