®Planning appeal decision
Land to North of Lowood Lodge, Hasketon Road, Burgh, Suffolk, IP13 6JL
Planning appeal 3370762 at Land to North of Lowood Lodge, Hasketon Road, Burgh, Suffolk, IP13 6JL (East Suffolk) was dismissed on 11 November 2025 by Inspector Whitfield H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, land use and the amount of development proposed, with particular consideration to the effect of the proposal on the integrity of European Sites.
‘Application for Permission in Principle - Erection of 1no. detached dwelling and garage (self-build), creation of new access on to Hasketon Road/Mill Lane and stopping up of existing access’
- Authority
- East Suffolk
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Whitfield H
- Postcode
- IP13 6JL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, land use and the amount of development proposed, with particular consideration to the effect of the proposal on the integrity of European Sites
- the Council's spatial strategy and the site's location in the countryside
What decided it
The proposal would have a likely significant adverse effect on the integrity of European Sites and cannot be granted permission in principle as habitats development under Article 5B(1) of the Permission in Principle Order.
The limited social, economic and environmental benefits of delivering one self-build dwelling do not outweigh the harm to European Sites and conflict with the development plan spatial strategy, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply because habitats sites are protected assets under paragraph 11(d)ii of the Framework.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SCLP3.2Policy SCLP3.3Policy SCLP5.3Policy SCLP5.4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 15
- Judgments
- C.G. Fry & Son Limited v SSLUHC and another [2025] UKSC 35
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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