Planning appeal decision
Land at North Farm, Broadmoor Road, Carbrooke, IP25 6SZ
Planning appeal 3343626 at Land at North Farm, Broadmoor Road, Carbrooke, IP25 6SZ (Breckland Council) was dismissed on 6 December 2024 by Inspector Barnes D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal scheme would be a sustainable form of development by reason of location.
the erection of two detached self-build dwellings
- Authority
- Breckland Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Barnes D
- Postcode
- IP25 6SZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal scheme would be a sustainable form of development by reason of location
- The effect of the proposed development on protected species
- The effect of the proposed development on future occupiers due to the risk of flooding
- The recreational impact on European Sites
What decided it
The cumulative effect of unsustainable location contrary to Policy HOU 04, unmitigated flood risk contrary to Policy ENV 09, and failure to secure mitigation for European Sites impacts contrary to the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 outweighed the absence of harm to protected species.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy HOU 04Policy ENV 02Policy ENV 09
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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