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Dismissed29 August 20243344721

Land East of - Red Ridges, 208 Fridaybridge Road, Cambridgeshire, Elm, PE14 0AU

Planning appeal 3344721 at Land East of - Red Ridges, 208 Fridaybridge Road, Cambridgeshire, Elm, PE14 0AU (Fenland District Council) was dismissed on 29 August 2024 by Inspector Price A, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site is suitable for housing, having regard to the character and appearance of the area.

to erect up to 8 x dwellings involving the demolition of an existing dwelling (7 The Stitch) and an outbuilding (outline application with all matters reserved)

Authority
Fenland District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Price A
Postcode
PE14 0AU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the appeal site is suitable for housing, having regard to the character and appearance of the area
  • the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties, with regard to noise and disturbance
  • the effect of the proposed development on parking provision and highway safety
  • the effect of the proposed development on trees and biodiversity

What decided it

The harm to the character and appearance of the area combined with harm to neighbours' living conditions from noise and disturbance outweighed the benefits of the scheme.

the moderate social and economic benefits of the scheme, including boosting housing supply, did not outweigh the harm identified to character and appearance and to neighbours' living conditions

What the Inspector cited

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