®Planning appeal decision
Ash Tree Paddock, Stanbridge Road, Great Billington, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, LU7 9JH
described on the application form as one additional pitch on land adjacent to an existing Gypsy site. The new pitch to contain one static caravan, one touring caravan, parking for two vehicles with associated hardstanding, septic tanks/water treatment plants and associated infrastructure
- Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Gilbert-Wooldridge T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposal on the Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
- whether any harm to the Green Belt, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations (including the need for gypsy and traveller sites and the personal circumstances of the occupiers of the site) so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The other considerations, including personal circumstances and unmet need, did not clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify inappropriate development.
the substantial weight given to Green Belt harm and moderate weight to character and appearance harm were not clearly outweighed by the other considerations (limited weight to unmet non-PPTS need and roadside existence risk; considerable weight to personal circumstances), so very special circumstances did not exist and the appeal was dismissed
Framework references: 137, 138, 147, 148, 62, 174
Plan policies cited: SP4, SP8, H7, H7(2), H7(5), EE5, HQ1
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