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Allowed1 October 20266002677

Land East of Halfpenny Lane, Wisbech, PE14 0DQ

Planning appeal 6002677 at Land East of Halfpenny Lane, Wisbech, PE14 0DQ (Fenland) was allowed on 1 October 2026, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would accord with the Council’s development plan strategy for flood risk with regard to the proposed culverting of Halfpenny Lane Drain.

Hybrid Application: Outline application with matters committed in respect of access to erect of up to 250 x dwellings, and full application to erect 102 x dwellings (15No. 1-bed, 41No. 2-bed, 35No. 3-bed and 11No. 4-bed) with associated parking, landscaping and public open space, and the formation of a bund and an attenuation basin, involving the demolition of existing building

Authority
Fenland
Appeal type
major · Planning
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential
Postcode
PE14 0DQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal would accord with the Council’s development plan strategy for flood risk with regard to the proposed culverting of Halfpenny Lane Drain
  • the effect of the proposed ground raising and ground reshaping works on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with regard to surface water run-off

What decided it

The Inspector's finding that the proposal would not conflict with the development plan's flood risk strategy or harm neighbours' living conditions, combined with the substantial weight given to the affordable housing benefit, meant the proposal accorded with the development plan as a whole.

the moderate weight attached to the harm from financial contributions falling short of that requested was outweighed by the substantial weight attached to the benefit of providing affordable homes, such that the proposal accorded with the development plan and the benefits would not be substantially outweighed by adverse effects under Policy S4

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
LP14LP2LP5LP3LP8LP16
National Planning Policy Framework
Policy CC3Policy F8Policy S4Policy HO7

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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