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| 1. | The local development plan for the borough of Great Yarmouth comprises the adopted Core Strategy (2015) and the adopted Local Plan Part 2 (2021), with additional guidance set out in the adopted Borough-wide Design Code (2024). Section 38(6) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires that applications for planning permission must be determined in accordance with the development plan, unless material considerations indicate otherwise.
The application for planning permission has been assessed on the basis of the submitted drawing titled: Combined plans ref. 1931/1, received by the Local Planning Authority on the 4th October 2024.
The application has been considered by the Development Management Committee of the Local Planning Authority on 08 January 2025 and the Committee has determined that the application should be refused planning permission for the following reasons: |
| 2. | Notwithstanding the limited scale of floorspace comprising the proposed barber's shop, the nature of the proposed operation is considered inappropriate within the application site's close-knit residential setting. The proposed development is considered likely to include frequent visits from customers and servicing which would create disruption and unneighbourly impacts to the residents of the surrounding dwellings. This would be exacerbated by the very limited availability of car parking at the application site. As such, it is not considered that the use proposed would be compatible with the site's location amongst neighbouring dwellings in a predominantly residential area, and would be incompatible with the requirements to protect the amenity of existing residents, contrary to policies CS9(f) of the adopted Core Strategy (2015) and A1 of the adopted Local Plan Part 2 (2021). |
| 3. | The application represents a 'main town centre use' and is proposed to be sited outside of a defined town centre or local centre, and is not in an 'edge-of-centre' location as defined by adopted policy R1. The application has not presented a sequential test assessment to demonstrate that there are no alternative available and suitable sites in sequentially preferable locations, and so it has not been proven that the development would avoid weakening the vitality or viability of the defined town centres or local centres, contrary to policies CS7(e) and CS7(f) of the adopted Core Strategy (2015). |
