®Planning appeal decision
Mayflower House, Manhattan Drive, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 1JT
Planning appeal 3361641 at Mayflower House, Manhattan Drive, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 1JT (Cambridge City Council) was allowed on 3 September 2025 by Inspector Hobbs J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether conditions 6 and 25 are reasonable and necessary, with particular regard to the living conditions of occupiers of Mayflower House.
Erection of 8 no. flats (4 no. studios, 2 no. one bed & 2 no. two bed flats) on the eighth floor on Mayflower House with removal of Electronic Communications Apparatus on the roof, bin-store for proposed flats occupying one existing car parking bay, bespoke structure to cover 20 no. existing cycle bays and structures to cover 32 no. additional cycle bays
- Authority
- Cambridge City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hobbs J
- Postcode
- CB4 1JT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether conditions 6 and 25 are reasonable and necessary, with particular regard to the living conditions of occupiers of Mayflower House
What decided it
Condition 6 duplicated requirements already covered by Condition 5 and the approved CEMP, and Condition 25 lacked substantive evidence that removal of the apparatus would harm living conditions, making both conditions unreasonable and unnecessary in their original form.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 35
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 135Paragraph 198
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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