®Planning appeal decision
1066 Pianos, 20-24 Pierce Lane, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5DL
Planning appeal 3295661 at 1066 Pianos, 20-24 Pierce Lane, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5DL (South Cambridgeshire District Council) was dismissed on 27 October 2022 by Inspector Biggers P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would have a detrimental effect on living conditions of future occupiers as a result of inadequate private amenity space, arrangements for parking, cycle parking and refuse storage and potential noise pollution and disturbance from the existing commercial operation.
change of use and associated works to revert from current use as shop and ancillary stores/workshops to a terrace of 3 No dwelling houses
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Biggers P
- Postcode
- CB21 5DL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would have a detrimental effect on living conditions of future occupiers as a result of inadequate private amenity space, arrangements for parking, cycle parking and refuse storage and potential noise pollution and disturbance from the existing commercial operation
- Whether the proposed development would have a detrimental effect on highway safety as a result of visibility at the junction to the site
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate that the proposed residential development would provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers due to sub-optimal layout and inadequate private amenity space, combined with the absence of a noise assessment to demonstrate that the adjacent commercial use would not cause unacceptable disturbance.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H/12Policy HQ/1Policy SC/10Policy NH/14
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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
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