®Planning appeal decision
Land at School Road, Elmswell, IP30 9NL
the erection of a care village comprising 66 bedroom care home (C2 Use), 37 No. extra care bungalows (C2 Use), 3 No. almshouses (C3), management office (E(g)(I) Use), club house, community growing area, orchard, community bee hives and open space provision
- Authority
- Mid Suffolk District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Butcher H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would preserve the setting of the Grade II* listed Church of St John, the setting of the Grade II listed almshouses at 1-3 Church Road, and the setting of the Grade II listed Elmswell Hall
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area, and
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for development having regard to local planning policy
What decided it
The high level of less than substantial harm to the setting of three designated heritage assets was not outweighed by the public benefits of the scheme.
The totality of public benefits, albeit significant, did not outweigh the high level of less than substantial harm to the designated heritage assets, and combined with harm to character and appearance and conflict with settlement boundary policy, the proposal conflicted with the development plan as a whole.
Framework references: 215
Plan policies cited: LP19, LP17, LP24, ELM1, ELM2, SP03, LP06
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.