Planning appeal decision
All Saints Barn Low Lane, Creeting St. Mary, Ipswich, IP6 8QA
Planning appeal 3360034 at All Saints Barn Low Lane, Creeting St. Mary, Ipswich, IP6 8QA (Babergh District Council) was dismissed on 19 March 2025 by Inspector Price J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the ancillary accommodation would accord with development plan policy.
erection of oak framed outbuilding for ancillary use
- Authority
- Babergh District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Price J
- Postcode
- IP6 8QA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the ancillary accommodation would accord with development plan policy
What decided it
The outbuilding's design and location would allow it to function as an independent dwelling rather than genuinely ancillary accommodation, conflicting with Policy LP02's requirement for annexes to be easily reintegrable into the main dwelling.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP03Policy LP02Policy LP15Policy LP16Policy LP17Policy LP19Policy LP23Policy LP24
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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