®Planning appeal decision
Former Ambulance Station, Duckamere, Bramford, Suffolk, IP8 4AJ
Planning appeal 6003640 at Former Ambulance Station, Duckamere, Bramford, Suffolk, IP8 4AJ (Babergh District Council) was allowed on 5 May 2026 by Inspector Rawle S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
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
- Postcode
- IP8 4AJ
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy LP24 of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan Part 1, November 2023
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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