Great Yarmouth Borough Council

No.	Condition Text
1.	The application site is within a flood zone 2 and the authority must be satisfied that the proposal will not create an inappropriate risk to the occupants. The application has not provided a sufficient Flood Risk Assessment. The Flood Risk Assessment fails to address a number of issues including potential flood levels and mitigation measures. The application has not demonstrated that the site will be safe for its lifetime and has not provided mitigation measures to address potential hazards. The occupants of the ground floor flat within a flood zone will be at particular risk. The development is considered contrary to policy CS13 of the Emerging Core Strategy and an adequate flood response plan has not been received. In additional the layout of the flat means that a good standard of amenity has not been created for the occupiers of the flat contrary to the aims of paragraph 17 of the National Planning Policy Framework. Consequently, the Borough Council, as Local Planning Authority, considers that the proposal is contrary to policy CS13 of the adopted Core Strategy. In addition the proposal is does not provide a good quality environment for the occupants.
2.	STATEMENT OF POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT: In accordance with the NPPF, in determining this application for planning permission, the Borough Council has approached it in a positive and proactive way and where possible has sought solutions to problems to achieve the aim of approving sustainable development. Unfortunately, despite this, in this particular case the development is not considered to represent sustainable or an acceptable form of development and has been refused for the reasons set out above.

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Condition Text

The application site is within a flood zone 2 and the authority must be satisfied that the proposal will not create an inappropriate risk to the occupants. The application has not provided a sufficient Flood Risk Assessment. The Flood Risk Assessment fails to address a number of issues including potential flood levels and mitigation measures. The application has not demonstrated that the site will be safe for its lifetime and has not provided mitigation measures to address potential hazards. The occupants of the ground floor flat within a flood zone will be at particular risk. The development is considered contrary to policy CS13 of the Emerging Core Strategy and an adequate flood response plan has not been received. In additional the layout of the flat means that a good standard of amenity has not been created for the occupiers of the flat contrary to the aims of paragraph 17 of the National Planning Policy Framework. Consequently, the Borough Council, as Local Planning Authority, considers that the proposal is contrary to policy CS13 of the adopted Core Strategy. In addition the proposal is does not provide a good quality environment for the occupants.

STATEMENT OF POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT: In accordance with the NPPF, in determining this application for planning permission, the Borough Council has approached it in a positive and proactive way and where possible has sought solutions to problems to achieve the aim of approving sustainable development. Unfortunately, despite this, in this particular case the development is not considered to represent sustainable or an acceptable form of development and has been refused for the reasons set out above.