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Dismissed15 June 20213262870

Border Farm, 59a Great Fen Road, Soham, Cambridgeshire , CB7 5UH

Planning appeal 3262870 at Border Farm, 59a Great Fen Road, Soham, Cambridgeshire , CB7 5UH (East Cambridgeshire District Council) was dismissed on 15 June 2021 by Inspector Brownless E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site is a suitable location for residential development having regard to the settlement strategy of the development plan and the accessibility of services and facilities.

the residential redevelopment of existing timber yard

Authority
East Cambridgeshire District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Other minor developments
Inspector
Brownless E
Postcode
CB7 5UH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the appeal site is a suitable location for residential development having regard to the settlement strategy of the development plan and the accessibility of services and facilities
  • the effect of the proposal on flood risk
  • the effect of the proposal on the provision of employment land

What decided it

The cumulative effect of conflict with the settlement strategy, failure of the sequential flood risk test, and unjustified loss of employment land, which together carried substantial weight and were not outweighed by the limited benefits of the scheme.

The substantial harm arising from conflict with settlement strategy, flood risk (sequential test failure), and loss of employment land outweighed the limited benefits of four dwellings on brownfield land and temporary construction-phase economic benefits.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GROWTH2Policy ENV8Policy EMP1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11

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