Wood Farm Barn, Helmingham Road, Otley, Suffolk, IP6 9NS

the erection of 1 no dwelling

Authority: East Suffolk
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Rawle S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether or not the appeal site is an appropriate location for the development having regard to the settlement boundaries and development plan and national policies relating to development within rural areas
Whether or not the development would harm the significance of a non-designated heritage asset

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged paragraph 11(d) of the Framework, which required permission to be granted unless adverse impacts would significantly and demonstrably outweigh benefits, and the Inspector found they would not.

The modest harm from conflict with development plan policies and modest harm to the non-designated heritage asset (totalling moderate weight) were outweighed by the moderate weight afforded to housing delivery benefits and the substantial weight of sustainable development under paragraph 11(d) of the Framework.

Framework references: 11, 84

Plan policies cited: SCLP3.3, SCLP5.3, SCLP5.4, SCLP5.5, SCLP7.1, SCLP11.3, SCLP11.6

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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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