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| 1. | The application site is outside any area defined in the adopted Great Yarmouth Borough-Wide Local Plan where residential development might be permitted. Outside these defined areas, saved Policy HOU10 of the Local Plan only permits the erection of new dwellings if they are required in connection with either agriculture, forestry, organised recreation or the expansion of an existing institution. In such cases it must be demonstrated that the new dwellings are essential in the interests of agriculture or good management and the proposal must have the unequivocal support of a suitably qualified independent appraisor.
Paragraph 55 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) says that to promote sustainable development in rural areas, housing should be located where it will enhance or maintain the vitality of rural communities and new, isolated houses in the countryside should be avoided. The site is remote from the main village of Burgh Castle and is closer to the edge of Bradwell, however there are no footpaths or bus routes linking the site to either village. It is therefore considered that any new houses in this location will be unacceptably isolated from the range of services and facilities that could reasonably be expected to be required by the future occupiers of the dwellings.
No evidence has been put forward in support of the application that will satisfy the requirements of the policy and national planning policy guidance, the objective of which is to prevent unjustified development in the countryside. The proposed erection of three dwellings on this site is therefore contrary to saved Policy HOU10 of the Borough-Wide Local Plan and the aims of paragraph 55 of the NPPF. |
| 2. | Policy CS1 of the Core Strategy states that the Council will look favourably towards new development that succesfully contributes to sustainable growth, criterion a) seeks to ensure that new development is of a scale and location that complements the character and supports the function of individual settlements, criterion e) of the Policy states that new development should provide safe accessible places that promote healthy lifestyles and provide easy access for all to jobs, shops and community facilities by walking, cycling and public transport. Policy CS2 of the Core Strategy states that growth within the Borough must be delivered in a sustainable manner by balancing the delivery of new homes with new jobs and service provision creating resilient self-contained communities and reducing the need to travel.
There are no bus services running past the site and the nearest bus stop is approximately 450 metres to the west on Mill Road, there are no footpaths on this section of Lords Lane and there are no suitable pedestrian or cycle links to schools or the nearest facilities. It is therefore considered that the proposal is contrary to the aims of Policies CS1 and CS2 in that it would be an unsustainable form of development that would not provide easy access to jobs, shops and community facilities. |
| 3. | STATEMENT OF POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT (REFUSALS): 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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