®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent Waterworks Cottages, Bodmin Close, Kesgrave, Suffolk, IP5 1AX
construction of detached chalet bungalow
- Authority
- East Suffolk
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Knight A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for the proposed dwelling, having regard to the development plan
- the effect of the proposed development on trees
- the effect of the proposed development on the Stour and Orwell Estuaries and Deben Estuary Special Protection Areas and Ramsar Sites
What decided it
The inability to rule out significant harm to the integrity of the SPA and Ramsar sites due to the absence of a legal agreement to secure the required RAMS mitigation payment provides a strong reason for refusal that engages the Framework's mandatory biodiversity protection requirements.
The modest benefits of one dwelling and economic gains from construction and occupation, together with the site's accessibility to services, were greatly outweighed by the conflicts with the development plan's spatial strategy, the loss of trees important to local character, and the inability to mitigate significant harm to European designated sites.
Framework references: 11, 15
Plan policies cited: Policy SCLP3.3, Policy SCLP5.3, Policy SCLP5.4, Policy SCLP10.1, Policy SCLP10.2, Policy SCLP10.4, Policy SCLP11.1, Policy KE1
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.