Planning appeal decision
Kingsmere Carvers Lane, Attleborough, NR17 1AB
Planning appeal 3332575 at Kingsmere Carvers Lane, Attleborough, NR17 1AB (Breckland Council) was dismissed on 2 July 2024 by Inspector Lancaster K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on highway safety.
residential development
- Authority
- Breckland Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Lancaster K
- Postcode
- NR17 1AB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on highway safety
- Whether the proposed development would provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to noise
- The effect of the proposed development on designated habitat sites
What decided it
The proposed development fails to demonstrate safe and adequate highway access and would not provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers due to unmitigable noise impacts from proximity to the A11.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy TR01Policy TR02Policy COM03Policy ENV02
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 115
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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