Planning appeal decision
100 Perne Road, Cambridge, CB1 3RR
Planning appeal 3323330 at 100 Perne Road, Cambridge, CB1 3RR (Cambridge City Council) was dismissed on 23 February 2024 by Inspector Biggers P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development and its intended use would have an adverse impact on the living conditions of existing and future neighbouring occupants in the host dwelling and at No 90A as a result of noise, disturbance and loss of privacy.
the location of a single storey garden annexe known as an Annexa 745 (also classed as a caravan) within the curtilage of the property domestic garden for the proposed occasional use as an Air B&B
- Authority
- Cambridge City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Biggers P
- Postcode
- CB1 3RR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development and its intended use would have an adverse impact on the living conditions of existing and future neighbouring occupants in the host dwelling and at No 90A as a result of noise, disturbance and loss of privacy
What decided it
The proposed use as an Airbnb with frequent guest turnover and the physical layout of the site would inevitably result in unacceptable impacts on the living conditions of occupants of the main house through noise, disturbance and loss of privacy.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 35Policy 55
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 135
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 Cambridge
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024
- Allowed30 March 2026600146028 Carlyle Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 3DN
- Dismissed9 March 20263372897Pavement Adj to Grafton Centre, , Burleigh Street, Cambridge, CB1 1PS
- Dismissed9 March 20263372896Pavement Adj to Grafton Centre,, Burleigh Street, Cambridge, CB1 1PS
- Dismissed10 November 20253372900Pavement O/S 58 Regent Street, Cambridge
- Dismissed10 November 20253372899Pavement O/S 58 Regent Street, Cambridge, CB2 1DP
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.
®