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Notice varied and upheld8 January 20253314203

P & M Haylock Farms, Moat Farm Park Lane, Castle Camps, Cambridge, CB1 4SR

Planning appeal 3314203 at P & M Haylock Farms, Moat Farm Park Lane, Castle Camps, Cambridge, CB1 4SR (South Cambridgeshire District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 8 January 2025 by Inspector White P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged in the breach of planning control, as stated in the Notice, have occurred as a matter of fact.

without planning permission, an engineering operation comprising the excavation and formation of two lakes and the creation of earth bunds associated with the excavation of the lakes

Authority
South Cambridgeshire District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Other minor developments
Inspector
White P
Postcode
CB21 4SR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the matters alleged in the breach of planning control, as stated in the Notice, have occurred as a matter of fact

What decided it

The photographic and site visit evidence demonstrated that substantial engineering operations comprising excavation and bunding had taken place on two areas of land for water collection purposes, constituting a breach of planning control that warranted enforcement action.

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