®Planning appeal decision
Land North of Filby Road, Stokesby, NR29 3ES
Planning appeal 3344907 at Land North of Filby Road, Stokesby, NR29 3ES (Great Yarmouth Borough Council) was dismissed on 6 December 2024 by Inspector McCreery D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, in particular relating to: (1) Accordance with development plan policy that directs the location of housing; (2) Effects of developing the site, in principle, on the character and appearance of the area.
Permission in Principle for the erection of up to 4 dwellings (including one single storey bungalow) and provision of informal amenity green space
- Authority
- Great Yarmouth Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- McCreery D
- Postcode
- NR29 3ES
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, in particular relating to: (1) Accordance with development plan policy that directs the location of housing; (2) Effects of developing the site, in principle, on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The proposal conflicts with development plan policy directing the location of housing, particularly Policy GSP1 which limits development outside defined development limits to specific exceptions that do not apply here, and this conflict with the spatial strategy outweighs the benefits of windfall housing delivery.
The benefits of supporting windfall site development and housing delivery were given great weight in principle but reduced to moderate weight at project level due to the site's unsuitability under the spatial strategy; this was outweighed by the conflict with development plan policy directing the location of housing
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS2 of the Core StrategyPolicy GSP1 of the Local PlanPolicy CS9 of the Core Strategy
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 70d
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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