Land at 14 Second Drove, Little Downham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2UD

Planning appeal 3272127 at Land at 14 Second Drove, Little Downham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2UD (East Cambridgeshire District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 4 March 2022 by Inspector Brown S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged material change of use can be regarded as sustainable in this countryside location, with particular reference to local and national planning policy.

Material change of use of agricultural type storage shed for commercial service and repair of motor vehicles

Authority: East Cambridgeshire District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Brown S
Postcode: CB6 2UD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the alleged material change of use can be regarded as sustainable in this countryside location, with particular reference to local and national planning policy

What decided it

The vehicle repair use introduces considerable numbers of vehicles to an isolated agricultural area, is out of place in the principally agricultural landscape, and fails to meet the economic, social and environmental sustainability objectives of the NPPF and local plan policies.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy GROWTH 2Policy EMP 3
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 8

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