®Planning appeal decision
Beehive Centre , Coldhams Lane , Cambridge , Cambridgeshire, CB1 3ET
- Authority
- Cambridge City Council
- Appeal type
- other · Called In Planning Application
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- employment-industrial · Major retail and services
- Inspector
- Bore J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The extent to which the proposed development is consistent with Government policies for building a strong, competitive economy in NPPF (NPPF Chapter 6)
- The extent to which the proposed development is consistent with Government policies for ensuring the vitality of town centres in NPPF (NPPF Chapter 7)
- The extent to which the proposed development is consistent with Government policies for achieving well-designed places in NPPF (NPPF Chapter 12)
- The extent to which the proposed development is consistent with the development plan for the area
What decided it
The collective public benefits of the scheme, particularly economic growth, employment and efficient brownfield reuse, were found to outweigh the identified less-than-substantial heritage harm and significant harm to residential amenity, alongside a finding that the proposal accorded with the development plan as a whole.
the benefits of economic growth, employment/social value, and efficient use of a brownfield site (significant weight), together with moderate-weight benefits of community/retail provision, design/placemaking and sustainable transport, were found collectively sufficient to outweigh the significant weight harm to residential amenity, the great weight harm (less than substantial) to designated heritage assets, and the limited weight townscape harm
Framework references: 11, 49, 57, 58, 86, 87, 125, 135, 212, 215
Plan policies cited: Policy 2, Policy 3, Policy 6, Policy 28, Policy 29, Policy 31, Policy 32, Policy 33, Policy 34, Policy 35, Policy 36, Policy 37, Policy 38, Policy 40, Policy 55, Policy 56, Policy 57, Policy 59, Policy 60, Policy 61, Policy 62, Policy 67, Policy 70, Policy 71, Policy 73, Policy 80, Policy 81, Policy 82
Judgments cited: Rainbird, R (on the application of) v The Council of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets [2018] EWHC 657 (Admin)
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.