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P & M Haylock Farms, Moat Farm, Park Lane, Castle Camps, Cambridge, CB21 4SR
Planning appeal 3314190 at P & M Haylock Farms, Moat Farm, Park Lane, Castle Camps, Cambridge, CB21 4SR (South Cambridgeshire District Council) was dismissed on 8 January 2025 by Inspector Peter White, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development qualifies as permitted development under Article 3(1) and Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the GPDO, having regard to the EIA Regulations.
the creation of two permitted development irrigation reservoirs each 10,000 cubic metres, the topography of the land is such that the reservoirs will be shallow to deeper with a depth of circa average 1.5 metres, the bunds added will be completed with drains for overflow that will allow excessive rainwater to be directed away to the existing water course, the bund will be created with existing soil and imported inert material all logged and within the permit by the EA transported with a Waste transfer licence, what should be fully understood the wording of "waste transfer" is a generic term and only inert clean soil will be utilised sourced very locally
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Peter White
- Postcode
- CB21 4SR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development qualifies as permitted development under Article 3(1) and Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the GPDO, having regard to the EIA Regulations
What decided it
The development exceeds the 1 hectare threshold for Schedule 2 EIA development (water management for agriculture) and none of the three conditions in Article 3(10) of the GPDO were satisfied to permit the development without express planning permission.
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