Cutbush Barns, Common Road, Ashill, Norfolk, IP25 7BB

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

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development is in a suitable location for residential development, having regard to the spatial strategy of the development plan and the accessibility of local services and facilities

What decided it

The development is located in open countryside removed from any settlement and fails to meet the spatial strategy policies or demonstrate compliance with Framework expectations for sustainable locations, and the limited benefits of a single dwelling do not outweigh the significant adverse impacts of unsustainable location even with a shortfall in housing land supply.

The adverse impacts of locating development in unsustainable countryside significantly and demonstrably outweigh the cumulative limited benefits of a single dwelling, even when considering the Framework objective of boosting housing supply and the Council's shortfall in five-year housing land supply, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply.

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: Policy GEN 01, Policy GEN 03, Policy GEN 05, Policy HOU 03, Policy HOU 05

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What an account adds

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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