Driftwood, Hale Road, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, CB24 4QP

change of use of land and buildings to residential curtilage/residential use

Authority: South Cambridgeshire District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Price J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the change of use proposed would be appropriate with regard to the development framework policy of the South Cambridgeshire Local Plan 2018
Availability of village employment sites
Reuse of countryside buildings
Character and appearance of the area
Requirements for Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)

What decided it

The proposal involves reuse of existing buildings historically linked to the dwelling with no new operational development, and the Council's own previous conditions had tied the commercial use to the dwelling occupation, making it unreasonable to now require marketing or removal of those conditions.

Framework references: 56

Plan policies cited: Policy S/7, Policy E/14, Policy H/17, Policy NH/2, Policy HQ/1

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