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1.It is the policy of the Local Planning Authority, as set out in the adopted Great Yarmouth Borough-Wide Local Plan, to protect the remaining open coast and countryside from new tourist-related development. In this instance, the application site occupies an elevated position in open countryside outside any settlement and remote from any land allocated for tourist-related purposes. Consequently, the proposal is considered to be contrary to Policy TR3 of the Local Plan which states: "In order to conserve the character of the remaining undeveloped coast and countryside, and to protect sensitive locations from visitor pressure, new tourist related development will be focused primarily on the existing coastal holiday centres of Great Yarmouth, Gorleston, Hopton, Caister, California, Scratby, Newport, Hemsby and Winterton".
2.It is also the policy of the Local Planning Authority to ensure the protection of the countryside for its own sake. Consequently, it is considered, for the reason stated in '1' above, that the proposal is contrary to Policy NNV7 of the adopted Great Yarmouth Borough-Wide Local Plan which states: "The Council will protect the remainder of the countryside (as in this case) outside the areas shown on the Proposal Map as being of landscape interest by permitting only those proposals that are in keeping with the rural character of the area".