®Planning appeal decision
Field To The East Of Old Pump House, Old Leicester Road, Wansford, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE8 6JH
‘Construction of up to 14 prestige self-build dwellings and associated infrastructure with access secured and all other matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) reserved’
- Authority
- Peterborough City Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Chamberlain G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for residential development with reference to the spatial strategy in the development plan
- Whether the support for custom and self-build housing in the development plan would justify the location of the proposal in the countryside
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether any adverse impacts of the proposal would significantly and demonstrably outweigh its benefits
What decided it
The high level of harm to the character and appearance of the area, combined with conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy, was found to significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of the scheme under the Paragraph 11(d) tilted balance.
The adverse impacts of the proposal (conflict with the spatial strategy and harm to character and appearance) were found to significantly and demonstrably outweigh its benefits (housing delivery, custom and self-build provision, biodiversity net gain, pavement and SANG provision) when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 60, 63, 70, 77, 83, 85, 88, 102, 108, 128, 135, 139, 180
Plan policies cited: Policy LP2, Policy LP3, Policy LP5, Policy LP8, Policy LP9, Policy LP11, Policy LP16, Policy LP26, Policy LP27, Policy LP35, Policy Wans 13, Policy Wans 15, Policy Wans 18
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.