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Dismissed18 March 20266002577

The Threshing Floor, Great Green, Cockfield, Suffolk, IP30 0HQ

Planning appeal 6002577 at The Threshing Floor, Great Green, Cockfield, Suffolk, IP30 0HQ (Babergh District Council) was dismissed on 18 March 2026 by Inspector Owen A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would be suitably located having regard to the Council's spatial strategy.

conversion and extension of existing garage to form a new dwelling

Authority
Babergh District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Owen A
Postcode
IP30 0HQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the development would be suitably located having regard to the Council's spatial strategy
  • Whether the development would be at risk of flooding

What decided it

The absence of a flood risk assessment and sequential test demonstrating safe access and escape in a flood event, combined with the proposal's failure to constitute infill development under the spatial strategy, meant the development conflicted with the development plan with no material considerations to outweigh this.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP03Policy LP01Policy LP27
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 175Paragraph 181

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