Land Rear of The Rectory, Main Street, Little Downham, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2ST

Planning appeal 3298559 at Land Rear of The Rectory, Main Street, Little Downham, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2ST (East Cambridgeshire District Council) was dismissed on 21 February 2023 by Inspector Chalk M, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is in an appropriate location for residential development, having regard to local and national policies.

conversion and extension of existing buildings to form one dwelling and construction of four new dwellings

Authority: East Cambridgeshire District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Chalk M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site is in an appropriate location for residential development, having regard to local and national policies.

What decided it

The location of three proposed dwellings outside the defined development envelope conflicted with Policy GROWTH 2's locational strategy, and this significant harm to accordance with the development plan was not outweighed by the moderate benefits of the scheme.

Significant weight attributed to the conflict with the development plan (Policy GROWTH 2) outweighed the moderate weight given to the combined benefits of housing delivery, sustainability of location and economic benefits.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy GROWTH 1Policy GROWTH 2Policy GROWTH 4Policy GROWTH 5Policy ENV 1Policy ENV 2Policy ENV 11Policy ENV 12
Judgments: Corbett v Cornwall Council [2020] EWCA Civ 508

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