URL: https://scambs.moderngov.co.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=12954

Decision Maker:

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Purpose:

Content: Councillor Richard Williams left the meeting before the consideration of this item.   Councillor Lisa Redrup left the meeting before the public speaking section of the meeting.   By 6 votes in favour of the officer recommendation (Councillors Corinne Garvie, Tumi Hawkins, James Rixon, Peter Sandford, Eileen Wilson and Heather Williams), to 0 votes against and 1 abstention (Councillor Peter Fane), the Committee refused the application for the following reasons: ·       The proposed residential development, by reason of its location outside of the development framework boundary of the infill village of Little Shelford, which has a rural character and scale and a lack of services and facilities, is not acceptable for the development of six dwellings in the open countryside and within the Green Belt. The proposal would, by definition, represent inappropriate development in the Green Belt with a significant loss of openness and visually intrusive development which would adversely affect the rural character and appearance of the Green Belt, countryside, and landscape character. No need for the development has been identified that would outweigh the harm to the green belt and impact on the Countryside. No very special circumstances have been demonstrated that would outweigh the harm to the Green Belt through inappropriateness of this development. The proposal therefore fails to comply with Policies S/4, S/7, S/11, and TI/2 NH/2, NH/8, NH/9 and HQ/1 of the South Cambridgeshire Local Plan 2018 and the Little Shelford Village Design Guide 2022, and paragraphs 154 and 155 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2024. ·       The proposed development, by reason of its location in the countryside and at a scale of six dwellings, would result in the loss of a proportion of the best and most versatile agricultural land. There is no identified need for the development which would justify this loss. The proposal fails to comply with Policy NH/3 of the South Cambridgeshire Local Plan 2018.

Date of Decision: February 11, 2026