A bid to convert a part of a house in a village on the edge of the Broads into a holiday let has been blocked because officials say it is "too remote".
The Broads Authority had turned down the proposal because it says the property in Aldeby is not close to the riverway, is "poorly linked" and is "not a suitable location" for tourism development.
The applicant, a Mr B Wright, had applied for permission from the Broads Authority in May 2022 to convert his annexe into a holiday let because it is unused after his children left for university, and other relatives visit "less frequently".
He also says the annexe has been "empty for many years" and cannot see this changing.
Mr Wright says he sees it as a "waste of a perfectly furnished, habitable and self-contained building" and is appealing the planning decision.
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The applicant also says through letting the annexe he would be able to provide guests with access to "see Norfolk at its most enchanting in a beautiful spot of rural countryside".
The Broads Authority says its aim is to "seek to support the provision of sustainable tourism" but says the site is "not sustainable tourism development" with "extremely limited tourism facilities, services, or infrastructure".
Though one of the main reasons the Broads Authority objected to the application was concern over the infrastructure, Norfolk County Council's highways department had no objections to the plans.
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Highways development management and licensing officer, Stuart French, wrote to Nigel Catherall from the Broads Authority planning department and said from his department's view it is "difficult to sustain a highway objection to such use" to the plans.
The annexe is situated roughly a mile away from the village of Burgh St Peter and roughly 1.7 miles from the Waveney River Centre, a popular tourist destination in the Southern Broads.
The outcome of Mr Wright's appeal is yet to be announced.
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