®Planning appeal decision
Lyngwhite Farm Hingham Road, Great Ellingham, ATTLEBOROUGH, NR17 1JG
5 no. dwellings with associated soft landscaping, amenity space and private shared access (self build)
- Authority
- Breckland Council
- Appeal type
- other · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Unknown
- Inspector
- Phillips A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Relevant policies for the location of housing in line with the Council's spatial strategy and its accessibility to services and/or facilities
- Effect on the character and appearance of the local area
- Effect on ecology, specifically on bats
What decided it
The substantial harm from lack of Biodiversity Net Gain compliance and significant harm from unsustainable access requiring reliance on private motor vehicles, combined with moderate harm to rural character, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of five potential self-build dwellings.
The adverse impacts of unsustainable location, lack of safe pedestrian/cycle access, failure to provide Biodiversity Net Gain information, and moderate harm to character and appearance significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of housing delivery and self-build provision when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole under paragraph 11(d).
Framework references: 11, 78, 110, 115, 117
Plan policies cited: Policy GEN01, Policy GEN03, Policy GEN05, Policy HOU3, Policy HOU5, Policy HOU02, Policy COM1, Policy TR01, Policy TR02, Policy GEN02, Policy COM01, Policy ENV05, Policy ENV02
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.