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Minutes:

A short break was taken from 11:52 until 11:54am.

 

Item 8C

 

Application              Dc/21/00522

Proposal                  Full Planning Application - Erection of 1No 3-bed dwelling with parking and access

Site Location           NORTON – Land South of Little Owl Lodge, Ashfield Road, Norton, Suffolk

Applicant                 Mrs Rebecca Jennings

 

36.1    The Case Officer presented the application to the committee outlining the proposal before Members including: the location and layout of the proposal and the officer recommendation of refusal.

 

36.2    The Case Officer responded to questions from Members on issues including: the distance of the proposed building to the existing listed building and other adjacent properties.

 

36.3    Members considered the representation from Rebecca Jennings who spoke as the applicant.

 

36.4    The Chair read out a statement from Ward Member, Councillor Wendy Turner, who was unable to attend the meeting in person.

 

36.5    Members considered the representation from Councillor Harry Richardson who spoke as Ward Member.

 

36.6    The Area Planning Manager responded to a question from Members regarding other planning applications and appeals in the area and their location in relation to the settlement boundary, and the proposed settlement boundaries in the draft Joint Local Plan.

 

36.7    The Ward Member responded to questions from Members on issues including the distance from the site to the school.

 

36.8    Members debated the application on issues including design, the settlement boundary, sustainability of the location, heritage issues, public transport connections and distance from local amenities.

 

36.9    Councillor Hicks proposed that the application be refused as detailed in the officer recommendation.

 

36.10  Councillor Matthissen seconded the proposal.

 

By 6 votes for and 2 against

 

 

 

 

It was RESOLVED:

 

That the application is REFUSED planning permission for the following reasons:-

 

1          The proposed development is situated on land outside of the settlement boundary, in a countryside location, the proposal fails to accord with development permitted within the countryside, contrary to Policies CS1 and CS2 of the Core Strategy (2008) and Local Plan Policy H7. Furthermore, the development fails to comply with the requirements of paragraphs 8 and 11 of the NPPF (2018) with regards to the presumption in favour of sustainable development. The proposal is not considered to form sustainable development within the criteria set out by the NPPF, as the proposal would result in harm to the environmental objective, with particular regards to the lack of services in Little Norton, and access to services further afield requiring a private car so as to fail to move towards a low carbon economy. No exceptional circumstances or other material considerations have been demonstrated to outweigh the harm identified in this respect. As such the proposal is not acceptable in principle, being contrary Policies CS1, CS2 and CS5 of the Core Strategy (2008), Policy FC1 and FC1.1 of the Core Strategy Focused Review (2012) and Policies H7 and HB1 of the Mid Suffolk Local Plan (1998) and provisions of the NPPF.

 

2        The proposed dwelling is considered to result in a low level of less than substantial harm to the designated heritage asset known as Haydons and its associated curtilage listed outbuildings and there are not considered to be any public benefits that outweigh the harm to the heritage asset. On this basis the application does fails to meet the requirements of s.66 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, the historic environment principles of the NPPF and is contrary to policies HB1 of the Mid Suffolk Local Plan 1998.

 

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