Land To The South Of Chear Fen Boat Club, Twentypence Road, Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, CB6 8PX

Planning appeal 3308444 at Land To The South Of Chear Fen Boat Club, Twentypence Road, Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, CB6 8PX (South Cambridgeshire District Council) was allowed on 23 June 2025 by Inspector Diane Lewis, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed traveller site is in an appropriate location and would be sustainable environmentally, socially and economically.

A material change of use of land through intensification to the stationing of caravans for residential purposes, nine dayrooms and the formation of hardstanding ancillary to that use

Authority: South Cambridgeshire District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector: Diane Lewis

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed traveller site is in an appropriate location and would be sustainable environmentally, socially and economically.

What decided it

The serious unmet need for Gypsy and Traveller pitches in the district, combined with the site's high level of compliance with Policy H/22 criteria, meant the tilted balance favoured granting permission.

The adverse impacts (limited landscape harm, unauthorised development, distance from services) would not significantly outweigh the benefits of meeting a serious unmet need for traveller pitches when assessed against the Framework as a whole, so the tilted balance favoured allowing the appeal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy H/22Policy H/23Policy S/8Policy COH/2-1MWLP Policy 5MWLP Policy 16Policy NH/4
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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