Planning appeal decision
The Mane Riding Centre, Old London Road, Copdock And Washbrook, Suffolk, IP8 3JF
Planning appeal 3328950 at The Mane Riding Centre, Old London Road, Copdock And Washbrook, Suffolk, IP8 3JF (Babergh District Council) was allowed on 8 April 2024 by Inspector Carpenter C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether condition No 3 satisfies the tests for planning conditions, with particular regard to necessity, relevance to planning, and enforceability.
Change of use from an ancillary annexe for a family member to a dwellinghouse (Stable Cottage) (C3)
- Authority
- Babergh District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Carpenter C
- Postcode
- IP8 3JF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether condition No 3 satisfies the tests for planning conditions, with particular regard to necessity, relevance to planning, and enforceability
What decided it
Condition No 3 fails the test of necessity because access via the northern route would not materially enhance the connectivity of Stable Cottage as a separate dwelling, nor would its absence materially harm it.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy LP24
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 56
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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