Planning appeal decision
Hemingstone Fruit Farm, Main Road, Hemingstone, Ipswich, IP6 9RJ
Planning appeal 3348237 at Hemingstone Fruit Farm, Main Road, Hemingstone, Ipswich, IP6 9RJ (Mid Suffolk District Council) was dismissed on 29 November 2024 by Inspector Wraight G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development accords with the development plan where it relates to the provision of new development outside of settlement boundaries.
the erection of additional E(g) business units building, and associated works
- Authority
- Mid Suffolk District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Wraight G
- Postcode
- IP6 9RJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development accords with the development plan where it relates to the provision of new development outside of settlement boundaries
What decided it
The development fails to accord with the development plan's strategic policies restricting new development outside settlement boundaries, and the appellant has not demonstrated that other considerations justify a departure from the development plan.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP03Policy SP05Policy LP09Policy LP17
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 85Paragraph 88Paragraph 89
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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