College Farm, Common Road, Weston Colville, Cambs, CB21 5NS

replacement of an existing shed next to a listed building and change of use of adjacent agricultural land to residential to complete construction of a cart lodge

Authority: South Cambridgeshire District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Woodward M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether or not the proposed development would be in an appropriate location, including with regard to local plan policies and the character and appearance of the area
The impact of the proposal on the significance of 'College Farmhouse' (Ref: 1331021), a Grade II Listed building, having regard to its setting
Whether the development would be safe from flooding

What decided it

The cart lodge would encroach inappropriate domestic built form into the countryside, harming the verdant rural character of the orchard and its surroundings, with no established need for the building in that location.

Framework references: 135, 56, 208

Plan policies cited: Policy S/7, Policy S/2, Policy HQ/1, Policy NH/2, Policy CC/9

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