Planning appeal decision
6 Southgate Green, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2BL
Planning appeal 3339588 at 6 Southgate Green, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2BL (West Suffolk) was dismissed on 25 October 2024 by Inspector Sargent J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effects of the scheme on the significance of each of the heritage assets.
a single storey 2 bedroom house
- Authority
- West Suffolk
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Sargent J
- Postcode
- IP33 2BL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effects of the scheme on the significance of each of the heritage assets
- The effects of the scheme on highway safety
- The effects of the scheme on public safety
- The effects of the scheme on biodiversity
What decided it
The cumulative harm to heritage assets (listed building, boundary wall, archaeological remains, and conservation area) combined with unacceptable highway safety impacts and unresolved concerns regarding public health and biodiversity, with no public benefits identified to outweigh these harms.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- DM2DM15DM17DM22DM46DM14DM11DM12
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
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