Land south of 47 Necton Road (Ashbridge House), Little Dunham

6009588·Breckland·15 Sept 2026dismissed·PL/2026/0265/FMIN

Tier label used

settlement hierarchy

The tier sentence ¶7

“the district has a defined settlement hierarchy”

Summary

One house on the open plot beyond the last dwelling of Little Dunham, a Breckland village with no settlement boundary. The inspector found the village is a "settlement" under Annex B but the plot is outside it. The scheme passed the S5(1)(j) gateway: 2.82-year supply, physically well-related. It was dismissed because two "should be refused" policies were breached: N6 (unpaid GIRAMS tariff) and DP3(3) (intrusion into the countryside). That pushed the balance to "substantially outweighed" despite substantial HO7 weight.

Why this is cited

Housing outside boundaries restricted: against. In the register this counts as a case where the tier counted against the site.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6009588.txt

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