Planning appeal decision
Church View, Church Road, Lingwood, Norfolk, NR13 4TR
Planning appeal 3363654 at Church View, Church Road, Lingwood, Norfolk, NR13 4TR (Broadland District Council) was dismissed on 17 November 2025 by Inspector Bowyer J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the integrity of European sites.
‘remove existing partially demolished pre-fabricated bungalow. Build 4 bedroomed house’
- Authority
- Broadland District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Bowyer J
- Postcode
- NR13 4TR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the integrity of European sites
What decided it
The proposal would adversely affect the integrity of the Broads and East Coast European and Ramsar sites through nutrient loading and recreational pressure, with inadequate mitigation, precluding the development under the Habitats Regulations and the Framework's biodiversity protection objectives.
The limited benefits of providing a single dwelling, which would attract significant weight in the context of an assumed lack of five year housing supply, were outweighed by the adverse impacts on the integrity of European and Ramsar sites and the resulting conflict with the development plan
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 3 of the Greater Norwich Local Plan 2024Policy EN1 of the Broadland Local Plan Development Management Policies 2015
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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