Back road, Murrow, PE13 4LE

erect a dwelling (2-storey 3-bed) involving demolition of existing garages and Anglian Water pumping station

Authority: Fenland District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Brownless E

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would comply with the development plan and national planning policy which seek to steer new development away from areas at risk of flooding

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate that there are no reasonably available sites appropriate for residential development in areas with lower probability of flooding, thereby failing the Sequential Test.

The limited benefits of one additional dwelling and efficient use of previously developed land were outweighed by the substantial weight attributed to conflict with development plan and national planning policy on flood risk.

Framework references: 159, 162

Plan policies cited: Policy LP14 of the Fenland Local Plan (2014)

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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