Planning appeal decision
Haywards Farm, High Town Green, Rattlesden, Suffolk, IP30 0SX
Planning appeal 3370606 at Haywards Farm, High Town Green, Rattlesden, Suffolk, IP30 0SX (Babergh District Council) was allowed on 16 October 2025 by Inspector Price J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal complies with the development plan strategy for the location of residential accommodation.
conversion of existing domestic outbuilding to residential annex
- Authority
- Babergh District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Price J
- Postcode
- IP30 0SX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal complies with the development plan strategy for the location of residential accommodation
What decided it
The proposal, as described in the application for a residential annex rather than an independent dwelling, complies with Policy LP03 for conversions to ancillary residential use and thus accords with the development plan strategy for location of residential accommodation.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP03Policy LP02Policy LP03Policy LP04
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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