Land On The North East Of 20 East Drive Highfields, Highfields Caldecote, Caldecote, CB23 7NZ

the erection of 2no. self-build dwellings

Authority: South Cambridgeshire District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Clowes M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is suitable for residential development, including the effect on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The substantial weight given to meeting the acute and sustained shortfall in self-build plot delivery (440 plots) outweighed the moderate weight of the conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy.

The moderate weight of the conflict with the development plan was outweighed by the substantial weight of the provision of 2 self-build dwellings in the context of a significant statutory shortfall in self-build plot delivery, together with limited positive weight from economic benefits.

Framework references: 73

Plan policies cited: Policy S/10, Policy S/7, Policy H/16, Policy HQ/1, Policy NH/2

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