Little Kyson Barn , Woodbridge , IP12 4DN

conversion of barn to dwellinghouse, installation of package sewage treatment plant and associated landscaping

Authority: East Suffolk
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Carpenter C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the barn in a countryside location is suitable for conversion to a dwellinghouse, having regard to the extent of alteration required; the effect of the proposal on the form and character of the barn; the barn's contribution to the landscape; and the effect of the proposal on the immediate setting of the area, including the landscape and scenic beauty of the Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Landscape
the effect of the proposal on the integrity of protected European sites

What decided it

The barn's modest positive contribution to the landscape and the development's enhancement of the immediate setting through maintaining the building's form and character while securing landscape and ecological improvements, combined with adequate mitigation for protected European sites, justified allowing the appeal.

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: Policy SCLP3.3, Policy SCLP5.5, Policy SCLP10.1, Policy SCLP10.2, Policy SCLP10.4, Policy SCLP11.1

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