Planning appeal decision
Roudham Stud, Roudham Road, Roudham, NR16 2RN
Planning appeal 6009711 at Roudham Stud, Roudham Road, Roudham, NR16 2RN (Breckland District Council) was dismissed on 26 October 2026, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on highway safety.
the conversion of premises known as Roudham Stud to provide four residential dwellings and removal of the existing manager’s dwelling occupancy restriction
- Authority
- Breckland District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- NR16 2RN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on highway safety
- whether or not the proposal to convert the commercial buildings to dwellings, and remove the occupancy restriction on the existing dwelling, would comply with development plan policies, in particular those relating to the rural economy and those that seek to restrict housing development in the countryside
- the effect of the proposal on flood risk
What decided it
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See them with an accountWhat the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- BLP Policy HOU12BLP Policy HOU13BLP Policy COM01BLP Policy TR01BLP Policy TR02BLP Policy ENV09BLP Policy GEN02
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Policy S3Policy S5Policy HO11Policy HO7Policy TR3Policy TR4Policy TR6Policy F7Policy F8
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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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
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