Concerns have been raised about new plans for a former holiday cottage that was deemed as “dangerous”.

A.T. Bent Properties Ltd had submitted a bid to demolish the site that includes Wherry Cottage in Puddingmoor, Beccles, to make way for three new homes to the Broads Authority.

Each of the properties would have three bedrooms.

But there have been numerous objections to the proposal.

One neighbour fears the bid “spoils the character” of the area by the River Waveney and “mars the much-photographed view”.

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One neighbour argues that the proposed development would “open the floodgates to future erosion of conservation, history and character”.

The site was first granted planning permission in 2015 for "complete demolition of the property and a replacement building".

And last year, a section 78 dangerous building notice was served on the owners.

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A spokesperson for the Broads Society said that while they did not raise any objection to the previous application, the current proposal for three buildings “seems an excessive replacement in this part of the Conservation Area”.

A member of the Suffolk Preservation Society said: “This increase in scale and bulk is wholly unwelcome and appears incongruous, detracting from the open views across to the west”.

The Broads Authority's historic environment manager also objected to the new proposal and said the proposed plan "lacks local distinctiveness". 

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Cottages in Puddingmoor, Beccles, dated around August 1974Cottages in Puddingmoor, Beccles, dated around August 1974 (Image: Archant Library)Wherry Cottage is mentioned in the Beccles Conservation Area appraisal.

The historic use of the cottage was “light industrial” and was used in connection with the granary and malthouse on the site.

A spokesman for Beccles Society, which also objects to the application, describes the building as “a fascinating and rare survivor”.

The cottage's use as a holiday let finished 12 years ago "as the property was deemed uninhabitable due to subsidence," the heritage planning statement said.