®Planning appeal decision
Former Ambulance Station, Duckamere, Bramford, Suffolk, IP8 4AJ
the erection of 8no bungalows, following demolition of disused St John Ambulance Station and Priory House offices. Construction of new estate road access within existing highway frontage, following stopping up of existing access. Construction 2no additional vehicular accesses to serve proposed Plots 1 and 8
- Authority
- Babergh District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Rawle S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would represent an unacceptably cramped and constrained development that would not function well having regard to external spaces and walkways between buildings, the size of the front gardens, the refuse collection/presentation arrangements and visitor parking.
What decided it
The site's location within the settlement boundary as a brownfield site suitable for housing, combined with the fallback position of a 7-dwelling scheme and the acceptable design, layout, and functional arrangements of the proposed 8-bungalow development, outweighed concerns about density and parking.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy LP24 of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan Part 1, November 2023
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