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Notice varied and upheld11 September 20243342331

Land At Charter House, 62-68 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 1LA

Planning appeal 3342331 at Land At Charter House, 62-68 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 1LA (Cambridge City Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 11 September 2024 by Inspector Merrett R, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the sculpture complies with the Council's policies to create successful places, having regard in particular to public art.

Without planning permission and within the last 4 years, the unauthorised erection of a sculpture ‘The Cambridge Don’ as shown on Photograph ‘A’ on the Land (identified in blue on the attached plan) (“the unauthorised development”)

Authority
Cambridge City Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
other · Other minor developments
Inspector
Merrett R
Postcode
CB2 1LA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the sculpture complies with the Council's policies to create successful places, having regard in particular to public art
  • the effect of the sculpture on the character and appearance of the area having regard to townscape and heritage assets, in particular the New Town and Glisson Road Conservation Area and nearby listed buildings
  • the effect of the plinth on the visual amenity of the area

What decided it

The sculpture's failure to meet the Council's public art and place-making policy objectives (Policies 56 and 59), despite causing no heritage or townscape harm.

The absence of heritage or townscape harm did not outweigh the sculpture's conflict with the Council's public art place-making policies, and the proposed landscaping improvements were not sufficient to outweigh that conflict.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 25Policy 56Policy 59Policy 61
Judgments
Skerritts of Nottingham Ltd v SSETR (No.2) [2000] 2 PLR 102

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.

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