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Dismissed13 October 20253361655

Land North of Mitford Close , Ipswich , Suffolk , IP1 6SE

Planning appeal 3361655 at Land North of Mitford Close , Ipswich , Suffolk , IP1 6SE (Ipswich Borough Council) was dismissed on 13 October 2025 by Inspector Wallace J, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether there would be suitable living conditions for future occupiers of the proposed development with regard to noise and light.

Outline planning application with all matters reserved for residential development of up to 80 dwellings (Use Class C3), including 30% affordable housing, ancillary landscaping, garden and leisure areas, car parking, circulation space and internal access ways

Authority
Ipswich Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Wallace J
Postcode
IP1 6SE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether there would be suitable living conditions for future occupiers of the proposed development with regard to noise and light
  • the character and appearance of the area
  • the living conditions of residents of Mitford Close with particular regard to noise and disturbance arising from vehicle movements

What decided it

Uncertainty as to whether the living conditions of future occupiers could be satisfactorily protected from noise and light arising from the adjacent MUGA, to which very substantial weight was attached as harm.

the benefits of housing delivery (moderate weight), affordable housing (significant weight) and other benefits (limited weight) were outweighed by very substantial weight attributed to uncertain harm to future occupiers' living conditions from noise and light, together with limited weight landscape harm, such that adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits under paragraph 11d)ii

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DM11Policy DM12Policy DM18Policy DM21Policy CS11Policy CS12Policy CS17
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 58Paragraph 131Paragraph 135Paragraph 200

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