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Dismissed20 June 20233311355

26 Highlode Industrial Estate, Stocking Fen Road, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, PE26 2RB

Planning appeal 3311355 at 26 Highlode Industrial Estate, Stocking Fen Road, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, PE26 2RB (Huntingdonshire District Council) was dismissed on 20 June 2023 by Inspector Clarke B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development upon flood risk.

a two-storey extension to Unit 26 to provide enlarged industrial unit including extend mezzanine floor and four new industrial units to existing yard to side of vacant Unit 25

Authority
Huntingdonshire District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Minor offices/R&D/light industry
Inspector
Clarke B
Postcode
PE26 2RB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the development upon flood risk

What decided it

The proposed development failed to pass the sequential test as the appellant did not adequately investigate or justify the exclusion of alternative sites in lower flood risk zones.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy LP5

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