®Planning appeal decision
Doctors Meadow Barn, Walpole Road, Bramfield , Halesworth , East Suffolk , IP19 9AB
the conversion of Doctors Meadow Barn to provide a single storey dwelling with a domestic curtilage area and landscape enhancements
- Authority
- East Suffolk
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Storey P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would be in a suitable location for new housing, having regard to the spatial strategy of the development plan, and access to services and sustainable transport
- whether any works necessary to provide adequate visibility splays for highway safety would have an acceptable effect on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The building was not redundant as required by Policy SCLP5.5(a), and the site's location outside the settlement boundary with poor access to services and sustainable transport conflicted with the development plan's spatial strategy.
The harm from conflict with the development plan, carrying significant weight, outweighed the modest benefits of a single dwelling and the substantial personal benefits to the appellants, such that even if paragraph 11.d) of the Framework were engaged, the adverse impacts would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.
Framework references: 84, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy SCLP5.3, Policy SCLP5.5, Policy SCLP3.2, Policy SCLP3.3, Policy SCLP10.4, Policy SCLP11.1
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.