®Planning appeal decision
Land Between Stonebridge Cottage and Lantern Cottage, A1075 Watton Road, Wretham, Norfolk, IP24 1QS
Planning appeal 3355828 at Land Between Stonebridge Cottage and Lantern Cottage, A1075 Watton Road, Wretham, Norfolk, IP24 1QS (Breckland Council) was dismissed on 12 June 2025 by Inspector De Freitas Terceiro P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development.
two self-build dwellings
- Authority
- Breckland Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- De Freitas Terceiro P
- Postcode
- IP24 1QS
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 site's location in an area subject to surface water flooding, combined with the failure to demonstrate through a sequential test that no sequentially preferable sites exist, and the harm to the character of the area from the amount of development proposed, outweighed the modest housing benefits and self-build provision.
The benefits of housing delivery and self-build provision, together with reduced pressure on Green Belt and agricultural land, were outweighed by the harm to the character of the area and the conflict with flood risk policy, particularly given the strong reason for refusal provided by flood risk policies under paragraph 11d)i of the Framework
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ENV09Policy HOU5Policy GEN 02
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
- Judgments
- Dartford Borough Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2017] EWCA Civ 141
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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