®Planning appeal decision
Land Rear Of , 226 To 250 Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire, CB1 8NL
up to nine self-build/custom-build plots
- Authority
- Cambridge City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Hobbs J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use, and the amount of development
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate that the proposal would not have a harmful effect on Cherry Hinton Chalk Pits SSSI means the appeal site cannot be defined as Grey Belt, making the development inappropriate in the Green Belt, and the substantial harm to the Green Belt is not clearly outweighed by the benefits of the proposal.
Substantial weight given to harm to the Green Belt (inappropriate development and harm to openness) and harm from over-reliance on private motor vehicles; significant weight given to provision of 9 self-build/custom-build plots and economic benefits; the harm is not clearly outweighed by the benefits, so very special circumstances do not exist.
Framework references: 11, 129, 142, 143, 153, 154, 155, 193
Plan policies cited: Policy 1, Policy 3, Policy 4, Policy 55, Policy 56, Policy 80, Policy 81
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.