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Dismissed22 April 20253353657

1 Daws Close, Cambridge, CB1 9LE

Planning appeal 3353657 at 1 Daws Close, Cambridge, CB1 9LE (Cambridge City Council) was dismissed on 22 April 2025 by Inspector Phillips A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on the character and appearance of the local area.

Conversion of existing dwellinghouse to two three- bedroom residential flats, involving replacement of existing front and rear windows with new windows and a ground floor rear door with a new window; insertion of a new side door on the ground floor

Authority
Cambridge City Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Phillips A
Postcode
CB1 9LE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect on the character and appearance of the local area
  • The provision of car parking spaces and the effect on the character of the local area
  • The effect of the proposed extension on the living conditions of the occupants of 2 Daws Close and future occupiers of the proposed flats, with particular reference to noise and disturbance
  • The provision of external amenity space for the proposed upper floor flat

What decided it

The proposal caused multiple breaches of the development plan: harm to character and appearance through front fenestration changes, significant harm to living conditions of future occupants through noise and disturbance, and inadequate external amenity space.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 53Policy 82Policy 50

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