Land To The West Of Meadow Farm Horseway Chatteris Cambridgeshire
Refused on 19 December 2025
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal
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Proposal
Use of land for chicken farming purposes, the siting of a welfare caravan, erect 3 no. storage sheds, installation of 1no CCTV camera and erection of 1.8m fencing and creation of a new access (Retrospective)
- Received
- 31 October 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Fenland District Council
- Ward
- Chatteris North And Manea
- Agent
- Swann Edwards Architecture Limited
- ReceivedReceived31 Oct
- ValidatedValidated16 Oct
- Consult.Consultation24 Nov
- TargetTarget Date11 Dec
- DecidedDecided19 Dec
Decided in 64 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Land To The West Of Meadow Farm Horseway Chatteris Cambridgeshire. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 414 days, 49 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Chatteris North And Manea.
90% of full applications at Fenland District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).
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Why it was refused
- Policy LP16 of the Fenland Local Plan requires development to 'make a positive contribution to the local distinctiveness and character of the area, enhancing its local setting, responding to and improving the character of the local built environment, providing resilience to climate change, reinforcing local identity and not adversely impacting on the street scene, settlement pattern or landscape character of the surrounding area'. Planning Decision Notice F/YR25/0768/F Town and Country Planning Act 1990 The resultant appearance of the development due to the inclusion of storage sheds and caravan results in a cluttered and incongruous appearance, which does not reflect the character of the surrounding area. As such, the scheme is considered to be contrary to Policy LP16.
- Policy LP15 of the Fenland Local Plan 2014 requires development schemes to demonstrate that they have had regard to several criteria, including providing a well-designed, safe and convenient access for all. The NPPF states (at paragraph 116) that developments should ensure that safe and suitable access to the site can be achieved for all users and development should create places that are safe, secure and attractive which minimise the scope for conflicts between pedestrians, cyclists, and vehicles. The access into the site is a mud access with no road markings and no hard surface course. No details have been provided to suggest that any improvements would be made to this access and therefore the application has failed to demonstrate that is able to provide convenient access for the development proposed and is therefore contrary to Policy LP15 of the Fenland Local Plan 2014.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Manea Parish Council
- District
- 24/0823/PEND
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 19 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 3 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 24 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 19 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 19 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 19 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 11 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Swann Edwards Architecture Limited
- Architect profile
- SWANN EDWARDS ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
- Agent address
- Black Barn Fen Road Guyhirn Wisbech PE13 4AA United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13513969
- Documents
- 24
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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