Land At Fen Road, Old Buckenham, Norfolk, NR17 1SR

Planning appeal 3370598 at Land At Fen Road, Old Buckenham, Norfolk, NR17 1SR (Breckland Council) was allowed on 11 November 2025 by Inspector Walker C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is suitable for the proposal in terms of location, land use and amount of development, having regard to the relevant policies in the development plan.

for the erection of 1 no. self build dwelling (permission in principle)

Authority: Breckland Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Walker C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site is suitable for the proposal in terms of location, land use and amount of development, having regard to the relevant policies in the development plan

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, combined with the limited locational harm of the site when assessed against Framework policies taken as a whole, outweighed the conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy.

The limited locational harm and absence of harmful encroachment into open countryside, together with the benefits of housing supply and self-build provision, were not significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the identified conflicts with the development plan when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy GEN 01Policy GEN 03Policy GEN 05Policy HOU 02Policy HOU 03Policy HOU 05Policy ENV 02
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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