Land West Of Summer Lodge Church Lane Tydd St Giles Cambridgeshire

1. 1.Policy LP3 of the adopted Fenland Local Plan 2014 sets out the settlement hierarchy within the district, setting out the scale of development considered appropriate to each level of the hierarchy. The application site is situated on existing agricultural lane land beyond the edge of the settlement and is therefore classed as being located in an 'Elsewhere' location as defined under Policies LP3 and LP12. In such rural locations development is to be limited to specific uses only within a countryside location. The proposal is for the construction of an unjustified new residential property, not associated with any of the specified criteria and the proposal would therefore be contrary to Policies LP3 and LP12 of the Fenland Local Plan 2014.
2. 2.Policy LP16 of the Fenland Local Plan (2014) requires development proposals to deliver and protect high quality environments throughout the district. Proposals are required to demonstrate that they make a positive contribution to the local distinctiveness and character of the area, enhancing their local setting and both responding to and improving the character of the local built environment whilst not adversely impacting on the street scene, settlement pattern or landscape character of the surrounding area. The proposal is for the construction of up to 2 new dwellings on existing agricultural land with a close relationship to the wider open countryside. The result would be a development that results in harm to the existing distinctiveness and open character of the area which would be contrary to policy LP16 of the Fenland Local Plan (2014).
3. 3.Policy LP14 of the Fenland Local Plan 2014 and paragraph 161 of the National Planning Policy Framework state that all development should adopt a sequential approach to flood risk from all forms of flooding. Development in areas known to be at risk of flooding will only be permitted following the successful completion of a Sequential Test and Exception Test as necessary. The Sequential Test has not been passed. It has not been demonstrated that there are no alternative sites within Fenland with a lower probability of flooding. As such the proposal would be contrary to the requirements of Policy LP14 of the Fenland Local Plan 2014, Paragraph 167 of the National Planning Policy Framework and the Cambridgeshire Flood and Water Supplementary Planning Document.

From the council's decision notice.

Application type

Outline Planning Permission

Scale / size

Small

Parish

Tydd St Giles Parish Council

District

25/0718/PEND

Date validated

11 September 2025

Consultation expiry

28 October 2025

Consultation start

16 September 2025

Consultation end

7 October 2025

Neighbour consultation start

28 October 2025

Neighbour consultation end

28 October 2025

Last date for comments

28 October 2025

Target decision date

6 November 2025

Agent

Swann Edwards Architecture Limited

Architect profile

SWANN EDWARDS ARCHITECTURE LIMITED

Agent address

Black Barn Fen Road Guyhirn Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 4AA

Statutory period

56 days

Last advertised

24 September 2025

Advertisement expiry

8 October 2025

Site notice start

1 October 2025

Site notice end

22 October 2025

Planning Portal ID

PP-14209524

Documents

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