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Dismissed18 September 20253368574

Home Farm, Guntons Road, Newborough, Peterborough, Cambs, PE6 7RU

Planning appeal 3368574 at Home Farm, Guntons Road, Newborough, Peterborough, Cambs, PE6 7RU (Peterborough City Council) was dismissed on 18 September 2025 by Inspector Price J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether material considerations would indicate a decision otherwise than in accordance with the development plan, with particular regard to the existing fallback situation.

demolition of agricultural building and erection of no. 1 dwelling

Authority
Peterborough City Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Price J
Postcode
PE6 7RU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether material considerations would indicate a decision otherwise than in accordance with the development plan, with particular regard to the existing fallback situation

What decided it

The public benefits of the proposed dwelling over the fallback development are quite marginal and would be heavily outweighed by the harm from allowing a new dwelling contrary to and undermining the adopted spatial strategy over the location of new housing.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy LP2Policy LP3Policy LP8Policy LP11Policy LP16

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