®Planning appeal decision
Land south of the A47, Swaffham, PE37 7XD
a hybrid planning permission comprising: full planning permission for the construction of buildings for light industrial, storage or trade counter uses (Class E(g) (ii) [R&D] and (iii) [Light Industrial], Class B2 and B8 [Storage]) to the western end of the application site (Phase 1) and Outline Planning Permission for the remaining site for flexible employment development (Phase 2)
- Authority
- Breckland Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Sylvester G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on flood risk and water quality, with particular regard to surface water drainage
What decided it
The appellant's failure to demonstrate that deep infiltration drainage for Phase 1 was the only practicable option, combined with drainage modelling deficiencies increasing flood risk, resulted in conflict with BLP Policy ENV09 that outweighed the scheme's benefits.
the significant economic benefits and biodiversity net gain were not of sufficient weight to outweigh the harms to flood risk and water quality and the resulting conflict with the development plan as a whole
Framework references: 173, 8
Plan policies cited: Policy ENV09
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