Ivy House, Southolt Road, Athelington, Eye, Suffolk, IP21 5EL

erection of 1 No. dwelling

Authority: Mid Suffolk District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Spencer D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the appeal site would be a sustainable location for residential development
whether the appeal site would be of a sufficient size for the development proposed
whether future occupiers of the proposed dwelling would have acceptable living conditions with regards to noise and odour due to the proximity of poultry units to the north-west of the appeal site

What decided it

The appeal site's location outside any settlement boundary in unsustainable countryside, combined with the inadequate size of the defined red-line plot to accommodate acceptable living conditions, meant the proposal conflicted with the up-to-date development plan and could not be justified by the limited housing benefits.

The social and economic benefits of a single dwelling were given only very limited weight and did not outweigh the conflict with the up-to-date development plan

Framework references: 135, 70, 193

Plan policies cited: Policy SP03, Policy LP01, Policy LP24

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