Planning appeal decision
Land to the Side Springfield, Cirencester Road, South Cerney, Gloucestershire, GL7 6HU
Planning appeal 3370597 at Land to the Side Springfield, Cirencester Road, South Cerney, Gloucestershire, GL7 6HU (Cotswold District Council) was dismissed on 16 December 2025 by Inspector Fish A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would constitute habitats development under Article 5B of the Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017 (as amended).
Permission in Principle for the development of a single storey dwelling
- Authority
- Cotswold District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Fish A
- Postcode
- GL7 6HU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would constitute habitats development under Article 5B of the Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017 (as amended)
What decided it
The proposal constitutes habitats development excluded from permission in principle under Article 5B of the Order because the integrity of the Protected Site cannot be assured without secured mitigation measures at the permission in principle stage.
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