31 Plough Road Whittlesey Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE7 1LT

1. 1.Policies LP2 and LP16 of the Fenland Local Plan 2014 seek to deliver and protect high quality environments, provide high levels of residential amenity, promote and facilitate healthy lifestyles and avoid adverse impacts. An annexe should be ancillary to the main dwelling with a clear functional relationship between the main dwelling and occupants of the annexe. The annexe should appear subservient in size and scale to the original dwelling and should not be easily capable of subdivision from the original dwelling. The proposed annexe would be separate from the main dwelling and appear from the road to be a separate dwelling of significant scale. Planning Decision Notice F/YR25/0981/F Town and Country Planning Act 1990 The proposal is for an entirely self-contained unit of accommodation, capable of independent living, there is no dependency on the host dwelling either in terms of the accommodation provided nor practically and visually in respect of its siting and detached nature, and as such is it considered tantamount to a new dwelling, with potential to become a separate planning unit. Therefore, the proposal is considered contrary to the aforementioned policies.
2. 2.Policy 7 of the Whittlesey Neighbourhood Plan 2021 and Policies LP16 of the Fenland Local Plan seek to ensure that proposals make a positive contribution to the local distinctiveness and character of the area and that the character of the local built environment informs the layout and features of proposed development. The proposed development would constitute backland residential development and would appear out of character with the existing development along Plough Road, exacerbated by the design of the proposal to appear as a detached dwelling. The development would appear incongruous within the setting of the site, to the significant detriment of the character and visual amenity of the area and contrary to the aforementioned Policies.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

PE7 1LT

Application type

Full Planning Permission

Scale / size

Small

Parish

Whittlesey Town Council

District

25/0888/PEND

Date validated

23 December 2025

Consultation expiry

3 February 2026

Consultation start

13 January 2026

Consultation end

3 February 2026

Neighbour consultation start

23 December 2025

Neighbour consultation end

17 January 2026

Last date for comments

3 February 2026

Target decision date

17 February 2026

Statutory period

56 days

Planning Portal ID

PP-14425064

Documents

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