®Planning appeal decision
Land on Slate Hall Industrial Estate, Huntingdon Road, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8HD
retrospective change of use for the recycling of inert (CD&E) waste into recycled aggregate material
- Authority
- Cambridgeshire County Council *
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- minerals-waste · Change of use
- Inspector
- Savage M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The main issue of the section 78 appeal is whether the appeal scheme would be suitably located having regard to relevant development plan policies concerning waste management and the countryside.
- Whether the period specified in the enforcement notice for compliance falls short of what should reasonably be allowed (ground (g)).
What decided it
The appellant's demonstration of a quantitative need for the facility and its co-location with a complementary established business outweighed any conflict with the waste spatial strategy, leading to permission being granted, while the enforcement notice was varied to allow a reasonable 12-month compliance period.
the benefits of moving waste management up the hierarchy, carbon savings from reduced primary aggregate use and vehicle movements, job retention and biodiversity enhancement outweighed any conflict with Policy 4 of the MWLP and Policy S/7 of the SCLP
Plan policies cited: Policy 3 (MWLP), Policy 4 (MWLP), Policy 20 (MWLP), Policy S/7 (SCLP), Policy E/16 (SCLP), Policy NH/4 (SCLP)
Judgments cited: The King (on the application of Morris Homes (North) Limited) v Bolton Council v Westchurch Homes limited and others [2025] EWHC 657 (Admin)
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