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Dismissed28 April 20253358559

Post Office, 7 Church Street, Eye, IP23 7BD

Planning appeal 3358559 at Post Office, 7 Church Street, Eye, IP23 7BD (Mid Suffolk District Council) was dismissed on 28 April 2025 by Inspector Price J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effects of the proposal on highway safety.

construction of dropped kerb, removal of outbuildings and boundary wall to facilitate off-street parking and erection of 1.8m close boarded boundary fence

Authority
Mid Suffolk District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Other minor developments
Inspector
Price J
Postcode
IP23 7BD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effects of the proposal on highway safety
  • whether this would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Eye Conservation Area

What decided it

The proposal would result in significantly increased vehicular use of Dove Lane, which lacks the width, visibility and pedestrian separation to support this safely, and would harm the character and appearance of the Conservation Area without sufficient public benefits to justify the heritage harm.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
LP29LP19
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 115Paragraph 116Paragraph 212Paragraph 215

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