®Planning appeal decision
Four Acre Piggery, Teversham Road, Teversham, Cambridge, CB1 9AN
Planning appeal 3365536 at Four Acre Piggery, Teversham Road, Teversham, Cambridge, CB1 9AN (South Cambridgeshire District Council) was dismissed on 12 August 2025 by Inspector Hobbs J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies.
Build a house on land used to park and store cars, trucks and lorries for the last 30 years
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hobbs J
- Postcode
- CB1 9AN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- whether the proposed development would be in an appropriate location, having regard to the accessibility of services and facilities
- whether other considerations clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and any other harm so as to amount to very special circumstances
What decided it
The proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no qualifying exception, and the modest benefits do not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt required to establish very special circumstances.
the modest benefits of housing provision, economic benefits, and potential self-build use did not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and limited harm to openness
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S/4Policy TI/2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 8Paragraph 11Paragraph 110Paragraph 129Paragraph 142Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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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