®Planning appeal decision
5 Common Lane, Hemingford Abbots, Huntingdon, PE28 9AN
to demolish all existing buildings and the foundations and to construct eight new dwellings with a garage on the existing site, including repositioning the existing access road and constructing a new access road and pedestrian sidewalk
- Authority
- Huntingdonshire District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Allen R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Hemingford Abbots Conservation Area and the wider locality
- Whether the appeal site would be subject to increased risk of flooding
- The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of its future occupiers and to surrounding neighbouring properties
What decided it
The proposed development would cause less than substantial harm to the conservation area's character through its incongruous density and layout, and this harm was not outweighed by negligible and unsubstantiated benefits.
The less than substantial harm to the conservation area was not outweighed by the negligible and unsubstantiated benefits claimed by the appellant.
Framework references: 202, 160, 167
Plan policies cited: LP2, LP9, LP11, LP12, LP34, LP5, LP14
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