Decision details

The Committee received an application for full planning permission.

The application sought approval for the alteration of a boundary fence and bin enclosure.

The Committee received a representation in objection to the application from Helen Higgs.

The representation covered the following issues:

       i.          This is a building of local interest and the changes to the boundary had been done without permission.

     ii.          The application did not comply with Local Plan Policies 3/4, 3/7, 3/11, 3/12, 4/11 and 4/12.

   iii.          The industrial sized bins were too big and not actively used.

   iv.          The landscaping and screening around the bin area needed attention. 

    v.          The previous grounds for refusal still applied.

The Committee:

Resolved (by 7 votes to 0) to reject the officer recommendation to grant the application for planning permission.

Resolved (unanimously) to refuse planning permission, against the officer recommendation, for the following reason:

The bin store, because of its scale, materials, prominent location and ineffective method of enclosure and landscaping, responds poorly to the surrounding context, jarring with, and detracting from, the character of the Building of Local Interest and the street scene, and eroding the special quality of the Newtown section of the City of Cambridge Conservation Area No.1 (Central), contrary to policies 3/4, 3/7, 3/11, 3/12, 4/11 and 4/12 of the saved Cambridge Local Plan 2006, and to government guidance in Sections 7 and 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2012.