®Planning appeal decision
Beechurst, 8 Commercial Road, DEREHAM, Norfolk, NR19 1AE
demolition of existing buildings and construction of 18 apartments
- Authority
- Breckland Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Burnham T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the integrity of the River Wensum SAC & Broads SAC/Ramsar with regard to nutrient neutrality
- The effect of the proposal on the setting of Dereham Conservation Area
What decided it
The proposal cannot be concluded not to have an adverse effect on the integrity of the River Wensum SAC and Broads SAC/Ramsar due to the absence of an available nutrient neutrality mitigation strategy, which is a conflict with Policy ENV 02 that cannot be outweighed by the public benefits.
The less than substantial harm to the significance of the Conservation Area would be outweighed by the public benefits of the scheme; however, the unresolved nutrient neutrality issue and resulting conflict with Policy ENV 02 is not outweighed by those benefits, and the proposal conflicts with the development plan as a whole.
Framework references: 57, 208
Plan policies cited: Policy ENV 02, Policy ENV 07, Policy GEN 02, Policy COM 01
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.