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Allowed3 February 20253353353

Land Off Woodford Gardens, Fornham Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6AW

Planning appeal 3353353 at Land Off Woodford Gardens, Fornham Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6AW (West Suffolk) was allowed on 3 February 2025 by Inspector Dring G, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the proposal would make adequate provision for affordable housing.

construction of 9 no. dwellings and garages

Authority
West Suffolk
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Dring G
Postcode
IP32 6AW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether or not the proposal would make adequate provision for affordable housing

What decided it

the appellant's viability evidence demonstrated that providing affordable housing would render the scheme financially unviable, engaging Policy CS5's viability exception

the demonstrated unviability of delivering affordable housing meant the scheme fell within Policy CS5's viability exception, so the proposal was found to comply with the development plan as a whole despite providing no affordable housing

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS5
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 65

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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