®Planning appeal decision
The Arches Schole Road, Willingham, Cambridge, CB24 5JD
Planning appeal 3280931 at The Arches Schole Road, Willingham, Cambridge, CB24 5JD (South Cambridgeshire District Council) was allowed on 12 January 2023 by Inspector Lewis D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the policy protection of the countryside from encroachment is outweighed in the planning balance by other considerations, including the personal circumstances explained by the appellant.
Removal of existing mobile chalet unit and erection of new single storey dwelling with new ‘link’ to existing brick and tile 'medical unit', with temporary provision for the siting of 2 no static caravans for occupation during construction phase, and allowing for the continued use during the construction phase of the medical unit by the applicant
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Lewis D
- Postcode
- CB24 5JD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the policy protection of the countryside from encroachment is outweighed in the planning balance by other considerations, including the personal circumstances explained by the appellant
- The rights of the appellant and her family to respect for their private and family life, their home and their correspondence under Article 8
- Application of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) with regard to the protected characteristics of race and disability
What decided it
The compelling and exceptional personal circumstances of the family, particularly the medical and quality of life needs requiring a purpose-designed permanent dwelling, combined with the engagement of Article 8 rights and the Public Sector Equality Duty, outweighed the development plan's countryside protection policies.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S/7Policy H/14Policy H/15Policy CC/3Policy CC/4Policy CC/6Policy TI/10
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision
More decisions in South Cambridgeshire
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023
- Dismissed12 February 2026600104238 South Street, Comberton, Cambridge, CB23 7DZ
- Dismissed28 August 2025336889211 Vine Close, Stapleford, Cambridge, CB22 5BZ
- Allowed16 April 2024332748151 Priams Way, Stapleford, Cambridge, CB22 5DT
- Allowed7 November 20233318910146 Cambridge Road, Wimpole, Royston, Cambridgeshire, SG8 5QB
- Dismissed10 October 20223284230Land Comprising, Kendal Court, Anglia House, Kendal House, , Regency House and 1 Cambridge Road, Impington, Cambridgeshire, CB24 9YS
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.