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Dismissed13 June 20253357436

The Forge, Woodbridge Road, Bredfield, IP13 6AE

Planning appeal 3357436 at The Forge, Woodbridge Road, Bredfield, IP13 6AE (East Suffolk) was dismissed on 13 June 2025 by Inspector Pannell G, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site represents an appropriate location for the proposed development, having regard to the site allocation within the Bredfield Neighbourhood Plan.

demolition of the existing commercial buildings on site and the erection of 7no dwellings and 14no commercial units

Authority
East Suffolk
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
employment-industrial · Other Major Developments
Inspector
Pannell G
Postcode
IP13 6AE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the site represents an appropriate location for the proposed development, having regard to the site allocation within the Bredfield Neighbourhood Plan
  • the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
  • the effect of the development on highway safety
  • the effect of the development on residential amenity, by virtue of noise and disturbance

What decided it

The cumulative and significant weight of adverse impacts—conflict with the neighbourhood plan employment policy, harm to character and appearance, uncertainty over highway safety mitigation, and harm to residential amenity from noise and disturbance—outweighed the benefits of the scheme.

The identified adverse impacts of the commercial development, conflict with the development plan, harm to adjoining residents, harm to character and appearance, and highway uncertainty, collectively afforded significant weight, outweighed the economic, landscaping and housing supply benefits of the scheme.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy BDP.14Policy BDP.9Policy BDP.15Policy BDP.8Policy SCLP4.5Policy SCLP3.2Policy SCLP4.2Policy SCLP7.1Policy SCLP4.3Policy SCLP11.1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 88

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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