Planning appeal decision
Garage Block 3-5 Perch Chase, Soham, Cambridgeshire, CB7 6AJ
Planning appeal 3309751 at Garage Block 3-5 Perch Chase, Soham, Cambridgeshire, CB7 6AJ (East Cambridgeshire District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 12 September 2023 by Inspector Baxter C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the garage building on the character and appearance of the area.
failure to comply with condition 1 imposed on a planning permission ref 19/01520/VARM granted on 11 May 2020
- Authority
- East Cambridgeshire District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Baxter C
- Postcode
- CB7 6AJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the garage building on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The garage building is a discordant structure with a detrimental effect on the character and appearance of the surrounding area that cannot be adequately mitigated, and this harm is not outweighed by the appellant's marketing requirements.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ENV 1Policy ENV 2Policy SOH 5Policy ENV 7Policy SOH 16
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
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in East Cambridgeshire
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023
- Planning permission granted24 July 20263376525Mobile Home on Land at Lazy Otter Meadows, Cambridge Road, Stretham, Ely, CB6 3FS
- Notice upheld23 July 20263365272The Orchards, 2C Moor Road, Fordham, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5LX
- Notice varied and upheld20 July 2026335995421 The Green, Ashley, Newmarket, East Cambridgeshire , CB8 9EB
- Notice varied and upheld25 June 20253354503Breach Farm Ness Road, Burwell, Cambridge, CB25 0DB
- Dismissed9 June 20253351291Lazy Otter Marina, Cambridge Road, Stretham, Ely, Cambs, CB6 3FS
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®