®Planning appeal decision
Jewish Students Synagogue, 3 Thompsons Lane, Cambridge, CB5 8AQ
Demolition of existing Synagogue and Jewish Community facility and erection of a new Synagogue and Jewish Community facility including replacement parking spaces and new cycle storage and associated works
- Authority
- Cambridge City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- community-institutional · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Brownless E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of occupiers of dwellings on Portugal Place, with particular regard to enclosure and outlook
- whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the Cambridge Historic Core Conservation Area (CA) with particular regard to the design and scale of the appeal proposal and its effect on trees
What decided it
The combination of significant harm to the living conditions of neighbours at Nos 25 and 26 Portugal Place and unresolved uncertainty over harm to retained trees (and consequently the conservation area) outweighed the significant public benefits of the scheme.
the significant harm to living conditions and the less-than-substantial harm to the conservation area (via uncertain harm to retained trees), both attributed significant weight, were not outweighed by the significant public benefits of the scheme, so the balance tipped against the proposal
Framework references: 135, 136, 208
Plan policies cited: Policy 55, Policy 56, Policy 57, Policy 61, Policy 71
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.