Land East Of 29 Irmingland Road Corpusty Norfolk

1. 1.The proposed development comprises overnight accommodation that falls within the catchment of the River Bure Special Area of Conservation and is likely to have an adverse impact on European Designations requiring mitigation in relation to nutrient enrichment. The applicant has failed to demonstrate that the proposed development would not result in adverse effects, either alone or in combination, on the integrity of European Sites arising as a result of the development including in relation to nutrient enrichment. In the absence of evidence to rule out likely significant effects and in the absence of suitable mitigation measures to address likely significant effects, the proposal is contrary to the requirements of Policies ENV 4 and CC 13 Of the North Norfolk Local Plan and approval of the application would conflict with the legal requirements placed on the Local Planning Authority as competent authority under the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (as amended).
2. 2.The proposal does not provide sufficient details to evidence safe access can be provided to the site from the public highway. The proposal would engender an additional 6 daily vehicular movements and associated footfall. Visibility is likely to be significantly below the standards required in the Manual for Streets. If approved, this access would result in vehicles entering / leaving the highway on a narrow section of the highway in conflict with both cars and other road users thus any increased traffic would have an potentially detrimental effect of an increased likelihood of vehicle/pedestrian conflict. Based on insufficient details to demonstrate safe access can be provided, proposals run contrary to Policy CC 9 of the North Norfolk Local Plan.
3. 3.The proposals for the new dwelling are not considered to constitute high quality design. Given the scale, massing, fenestration and use of materials of the rear part of the dwelling this would appear oversized and somewhat discordant in form, scale and use of materials from the front section of the dwelling resulting in a substandard incongruous design that is neither a traditional form nor a holistic contemporary property. The extent of fenestration on the first floor level, with particular regard to the side windows serving the bedrooms, would be somewhat unneighbourly and impact neighbouring amenity from overlooking impacts. The proposals are considered contrary to local policies ENV 6, ENV 8 of the North Norfolk Local Plan, Policies 2, 3 and DC 1 of the Corpusty & Saxthorpe Neighbourhood Plan and paragraph 135 of the NPPF. This Decision refers only to that required under the Town and Country Planning Acts and does not include any consent or approval under any other enactment, bylaw, order or regulation.

From the council's decision notice.

Application type

Full Planning Permission

Scale / size

Small

Parish

Corpusty and Saxthorpe

Date validated

13 March 2026

Consultation expiry

20 May 2026

Consultation start

6 May 2026

Consultation end

20 May 2026

Last date for comments

20 May 2026

Target decision date

8 May 2026

Agent

Raven Land Managment

Agent address

Pippin Heath Sawmill Hunworth Road Holt NR25 6SS

Statutory period

56 days

Site notice start

27 March 2026

Site notice end

21 April 2026

Documents

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