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Allowed14 October 20266007160

Land North of Aylsham Road, East of Holt Road (British National Grid Coordinates 615529 (Easting) 325042 (Northing).), Cawston, NR10 4HR

Planning appeal 6007160 at Land North of Aylsham Road, East of Holt Road (British National Grid Coordinates 615529 (Easting) 325042 (Northing).), Cawston, NR10 4HR (Broadland) was allowed on 14 October 2026, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on best and most versatile (BMV) agricultural land.

construction, operation, and subsequent decommissioning of a renewable energy park, comprising ground mounted solar photovoltaics (PV) together with associated infrastructure, including inverters, transformers, substation, cabling, CCTV, fencing, access and landscaping

Authority
Broadland
Appeal type
major · Planning
Procedure
Hearing
Development
utilities-energy
Postcode
NR10 4HR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposed development on best and most versatile (BMV) agricultural land

What decided it

The Inspector's finding that the development would not result in the loss of best and most versatile agricultural land, removing the principal harm relied on by the Council in refusing permission.

the minor harm to the significance of Dix's Farmhouse was decisively outweighed by the substantial public benefits of renewable energy generation, and with no conflict with the development plan as a whole, the balancing test in Policy S5.1 of the Framework overwhelmingly favoured approval

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GC2Policy GC5Policy 2(10)Policy 3Policy GC4(i)Policy EN2Policy TS3Policy 2Policy GC4
National Planning Policy Framework
Policy S5Policy N2Policy HE5Policy HE6Policy W3
Judgments
Bramley Solar Farm Residents Group v Secretary of State 2023 EWHC 2842 Admin; Lullington Solar Park Ltd v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities [2024] EWHC 295 (Admin)

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