Hellesdon Barns, Hellesdon Hall Road, NORWICH, NR6 5BB

x4no. detached dwellings with associated gardens and parking”

Authority: Norwich City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Harding C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development

What decided it

The proposal's location on a site allocated for employment purposes, where no reasonable prospect of non-delivery for employment uses has been demonstrated, conflicts with the spatial strategy of the development plan and this conflict outweighs the modest housing benefits in the planning balance.

The modest housing benefits and economic/social benefits of construction and occupation were outweighed by the significant harm of conflicting with the spatial strategy of the development plan by locating residential development on an allocated employment site.

Framework references: 127, 11

Plan policies cited: DMPP Policy DM12, DMPP Policy DM16, DMPP Policy DM2, DMPP Policy DM3

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