®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed15 August 20253363282
26 Turf Fen Lane, Doddington, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0TB
‘Erect 2 x self-build/custom dwellings (outline application with matters committed in respect of access and layout).’
- Authority
- Fenland District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Tinsley F
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The susceptibility of the proposed development site to flooding and the need to provide a sequential assessment of the proposed development site to establish whether the principle of development is acceptable in terms of flood risk
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of surrounding residential occupiers with regard to overshadowing, overbearance and street illumination and future occupiers of the development with regard to bin storage facilities
What decided it
The failure to provide a sequential test to demonstrate that the development cannot be delivered elsewhere on sites with lower flood risk, as required by Policy LP14 and NPPF paragraph 175, combined with the identified overbearing impact on neighbouring residential occupiers.
Framework references: 175
Plan policies cited: Policy LP14, Policy LP12, Policy LP16, Policy LP2
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