®Planning appeal decision
Land East of Meadow View , High Street, Long Melford, Suffolk, CO10 9DB
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
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.
Framework references: 80, 84, 157, 205, 206, 208
Plan policies cited: Policy SP03, Policy LP01, Policy LP19, Policy LM1, Policy LM11
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