®Planning appeal decision
Land off Peakirk Road, Glinton, PE6 7JQ
Planning appeal 3370685 at Land off Peakirk Road, Glinton, PE6 7JQ (Peterborough City Council) was allowed on 19 January 2026 by Inspector Parsons J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the location, nature and scale of the proposal would be acceptable in a countryside location.
outline planning application for the erection of up to 250 dwellings, with public open space, landscaping, sustainable drainage system (SuDS) and vehicular access point and all matters reserved except for means of access
- Authority
- Peterborough City Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Parsons J
- Postcode
- PE6 7JQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the location, nature and scale of the proposal would be acceptable in a countryside location
- the effects of the proposal on the landscape character and visual appearance of the area
- effect of the proposal on the best and most versatile agricultural land (BMVAL)
- if there is conflict with the development plan, when taken as a whole, whether such conflict is outweighed by other material considerations
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance, and the substantial/significant benefits of market and affordable housing delivery outweighed the limited identified harms.
The significant weight attached to boosting housing supply and the substantial weight given to affordable housing delivery, together with moderate economic, open space and biodiversity net gain benefits, were found to outweigh the small harms to character and appearance and settlement gap and the limited harm from loss of BMVAL, such that the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits under paragraph 11(d)(ii) of the Framework.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy LP2Policy LP3Policy LP8Policy LP11Policy LP13Policy LP14Policy LP16Policy LP19Policy LP21Policy LP28Policy LP32Policy GNP1Policy GNP2Policy GNP3Policy GNP8Policy PK1Policy PK3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 14Paragraph 56Paragraph 57Paragraph 58Paragraph 115Paragraph 116Paragraph 187Paragraph 212
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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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.