®Planning appeal decision
Hillcrest Livery Centre, Market Lane, Filby, GREAT YARMOUTH, Norfolk, NR29 3ST
application for retrospective permission for use of equestrian land to site a static caravan for use as a dwelling with associated use of adjoining land as residential curtilage.’
- Authority
- Great Yarmouth Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Kemmann-Lane T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site location is suitable for the proposed use in terms of its access to every day facilities
- Whether the proposal can be considered a dwelling for a rural worker
- The effect of the proposal on the character or setting of the area
- Whether the density of the development is acceptable when judged against development plan policy
- Whether there is a lack of privacy and sufficient outdoor amenity space to provide reasonable living conditions
- Whether it is correct to identify the appeal proposal as requiring a Habitats Regulations Assessment, and if so the consequence of its absence and the lack of a payment under the Norfolk Green Infrastructure and Recreational Avoidance and Mitigation Strategy (GIRAMS)
- Whether it is reasonable to require a financial contribution for the provision or enhancement of the quality and/or accessibility of public open space in the locality
What decided it
The proposal for an additional dwelling unit was not justified as necessary for a rural worker and conflicted with development plan policies limiting countryside development to sustainable locations, combined with the harmful visual impact on the character of the rural area.
Plan policies cited: Policy CS2, Policy GSP1, Policy OSS3, Policy CS9, Policy A2, Policy H3
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.