®Planning appeal decision
Land to North of Lowood Lodge, Hasketon Road, Burgh, Suffolk, IP13 6JL
‘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
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.
Framework references: 11, 15
Plan policies cited: Policy SCLP3.2, Policy SCLP3.3, Policy SCLP5.3, Policy SCLP5.4
Judgments cited: C.G. Fry & Son Limited v SSLUHC and another [2025] UKSC 35
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