®Planning appeal decision
Hill Farm Barn, Lamberts Lane, Rushmere St Andrew, Suffolk, IP5 1DS
Planning appeal 3331359 at Hill Farm Barn, Lamberts Lane, Rushmere St Andrew, Suffolk, IP5 1DS (East Suffolk) was dismissed on 30 August 2024 by Inspector Kemmann-Lane T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed condition to permit the continuation of the current use of the access would meet the policy requirements set out in Policy SCLP5.13 'Residential Annexes', Policy SCLP5.3 'Housing in the Countryside' and Policy SCLP5.12 'Houses in Multiple Occupation' of the East Suffolk Council – Suffolk Coastal Local Plan.
Renovation and conversion of barns to form single dwelling with residential annex; erection of cartlodge style building to provide triple garage with storage above without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref C00/0883, dated 13 October 2000
- Authority
- East Suffolk
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Kemmann-Lane T
- Postcode
- IP5 1DS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed condition to permit the continuation of the current use of the access would meet the policy requirements set out in Policy SCLP5.13 'Residential Annexes', Policy SCLP5.3 'Housing in the Countryside' and Policy SCLP5.12 'Houses in Multiple Occupation' of the East Suffolk Council – Suffolk Coastal Local Plan
- Whether there is any effect on the amenity of existing occupiers in the vicinity of the development by way of increased noise and disturbance
What decided it
The current use of the annex does not comply with the terms of condition 9 or Policies SCLP5.3 and SCLP5.13, as the young footballers are neither employees, relatives, nor parents of the householder, and the arrangement does not constitute a single ancillary household.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SCLP5.13 'Residential Annexes'Policy SCLP5.3 'Housing in the Countryside'Policy SCLP5.12 'Houses in Multiple Occupation'
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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