®Planning appeal decision
Agricultural Buildings, Short Drove, Holme, Cambridgeshire, PE7 3PB
residential development of up to 8 dwellings following demolition of existing buildings
- Authority
- Huntingdonshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Radcliffe I
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development
What decided it
The site's location in open countryside outside the built-up area of the Small Settlement, combined with the absence of policy support under the specific opportunities allowed by the Local Plan, means the proposal conflicts with the spatial strategy and cannot be justified by material considerations.
The social and economic benefits of additional dwellings, employment from construction and household spending were insufficient to outweigh the harm to the countryside character and non-compliance with the development plan's spatial strategy
Framework references: 78, 79, 80, 11, 174
Plan policies cited: Policy LP2, Policy LP9, Policy LP10, Policy LP33, Policy LP3, Policy LP11, Policy LP12
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.