®Planning appeal decision
The Old Exchange, Repps Road Common Road Martham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR29 4RA
the “change of use from B8 to Class 3 Dwelling House, alter and extend”
- Authority
- Great Yarmouth Borough Council
- 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 a suitable location for the proposed development having regard to relevant development plan policies for development in the countryside and the site's accessibility to services and facilities
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupants, with regard to the provision of internal and external space
- the effect of the proposed development on protected species, with particular regard to bats
- whether the development would make adequate provision for public open space
What decided it
The site's location outside the settlement boundary in the countryside with poor sustainable accessibility to services and facilities, combined with the proposal's failure to provide acceptable living conditions and unresolved concerns regarding protected species, meant the development conflicted with the development plan and the modest housing benefit could not outweigh the identified harms.
Framework references: 11, 84
Plan policies cited: Policy CS1, Policy CS2, Policy CS9, Policy CS11, Policy CS14, Policy CS15, Policy GSP1, Policy GSP8, Policy H4, Policy H7, Policy HS4, Policy A2
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