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Quashed On Legal Grounds30 July 20263378207

Southgate Farm, Fen Road, Milton, Cambridge, CB4 1GJ

Planning appeal 3378207 at Southgate Farm, Fen Road, Milton, Cambridge, CB4 1GJ (South Cambridgeshire District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 30 July 2026 by Inspector Madge M, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The development's effect on the character and appearance of the countryside and the living conditions of site residents.

Use of land as 24 No. Mobile Home Pitches and 2 No. Chalets for Gypsies without complying with conditions 2, 3, 4 and 7 of planning permission S/1653/07/F

Authority
South Cambridgeshire District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Major traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector
Madge M
Postcode
CB4 1GJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The development's effect on the character and appearance of the countryside and the living conditions of site residents

What decided it

The additional mobile homes, used for ancillary residential purposes to accommodate growing gypsy and traveller families, were found not to harm the character of the countryside or the living conditions of residents.

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