Barn Rear weaver Barn North Of Buckenham Road Lingwood Norfolk, Lingwood, Norfolk, NR13 4NJ

replacement self-build dwelling and cart lodge and change of use of agricultural land to residential garden without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 2024/3655, dated 19 June 2025

Authority: Broadland District Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Knight A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect that varying the condition would have on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The harmful effect on the character and appearance of the area caused by the relocation of the dwelling to a more easterly position, which would detach it from the existing cluster and spread development outwards into open arable land, contrary to the development plan.

Plan policies cited: Policy 2(5) of the Greater Norwich Local Plan (2024), Policy GC4(i), Policy GC4(ii), Policy 5 of the Lingwood and Burlingham Neighbourhood Plan (2022)

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