Planning appeal decision
11 Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1 7PH
Planning appeal 3298101 at 11 Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1 7PH (Cambridge City Council) was allowed on 27 September 2022 by Inspector Warder S, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.
Erection of new buildings to provide 53 serviced apartments (sui generis) together with hard and soft landscaping, basement car parking spaces and associated infrastructure and works (revised during determination to 40 units)
- Authority
- Cambridge City Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Warder S
- Postcode
- CB1 7PH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with particular regard to noise and disturbance
- whether the proposal would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers with particular regard to the size of the units and the provision of internal and external community facilities
What decided it
The Inspector found that the proposal would cause no harm to the character and appearance of the area, to neighbouring living conditions, or to the living conditions of future occupiers, so it accorded with the development plan.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 55Policy 56Policy 57Policy 59Policy 35Policy 50Policy 47Policy 77
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 130
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.
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