Parsonage Green Farm Parsonage Green, Cockfield, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP30 0HB

the change of use of agricultural building to light industrial (Class E)

Authority: Babergh District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Lancaster K

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether this is a suitable location for the proposed development, with particular regard to development plan policy
The effect of the proposed development on the setting of nearby listed buildings
Whether the proposed development would make adequate provision for Biodiversity Net Gain

What decided it

The appeal site is located in open countryside and does not accord with the development plan policy requirement to direct employment development to strategic employment sites and along strategic transport corridors, making it an unsuitable location for the proposed development.

Framework references: 80, 84, 88, 89

Plan policies cited: Policy SP03, Policy SP05, Policy LP09, Policy SP09, Policy LP19, Policy LP16

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
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Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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