Planning appeal decision
Northolm Farm, Eye Green, Peterborough, PE6 7TT
Planning appeal 6010542 at Northolm Farm, Eye Green, Peterborough, PE6 7TT (Peterborough) was dismissed on 20 August 2026 by Inspector R Gee, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on highway safety.
Change of use of Agricultural Barn to B2/B8 use
- Authority
- Peterborough
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- employment-industrial
- Inspector
- R Gee
- Postcode
- PE6 7TT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on highway safety
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate that vehicles associated with the proposed use, including larger vehicles, could safely access and egress the site without prejudice to highway safety, and the inability to secure suitable mitigation with sufficient certainty.
The benefits of re-use of an existing building and economic benefits from employment and farm diversification were substantially outweighed by the unresolved highway safety concerns arising from the access arrangements.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy LP13Policy S36Policy S5
- Judgments
- Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWCH 2823 (Admin)
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.
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