Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed24 September 20266010418

Land South of Darlifields, Heywood Road, Tibenham, NR16 1PB

Planning appeal 6010418 at Land South of Darlifields, Heywood Road, Tibenham, NR16 1PB (South Norfolk) was dismissed on 24 September 2026, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.

Authority
South Norfolk
Appeal type
minor · Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
residential
Postcode
NR16 1PB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
  • Whether the proposed development would be a sustainable form of development

What decided it

The proposal would cause unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the area and would not represent a sustainable form of development due to its remote location and reliance on private car use, with these harms significantly and demonstrably outweighing the modest benefits of housing delivery and self-build provision.

the modest benefits of housing delivery, self-build provision and associated social and economic benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm to character and appearance and the unsustainable location of the development

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 2 of the Greater Norwich Local Plan 2024Policy 7.5 of the Greater Norwich Local Plan 2024Policy DM1.4 of the South Norfolk Local Plan Development Management Policies Document 2015Policy DM3.8 of the South Norfolk Local Plan Development Management Policies Document 2015Policy DM3.10 of the South Norfolk Local Plan Development Management Policies Document 2015

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

No other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in South Norfolk

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026

  1. Dismissed12 October 20266010930
    Land East of Darnell House, Church Lane, Hethel, NR14 8HF
  2. Dismissed29 September 20266008791
    Land West Of The Old Hall, Watton Road, Colney, NR4 7TX
  3. Allowed25 September 20266004780
    Land Off Alburgh Road, Hempnall, Norwich, NR15 2NS
  4. Dismissed5 August 20266005304
    Land East Of Low Road, Tasburgh, Norwich, NR15 2AR
  5. Dismissed19 June 20266006880
    Land North Of Crownthorpe Road, Crownthorpe, Wymondham, NR18 9EW

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.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.