®Planning appeal decision
Priory Farm Bedford Road, Turvey, Bedford, MK43 8BB
Planning appeal 3255478 at Priory Farm Bedford Road, Turvey, Bedford, MK43 8BB (Bedford Borough Council) was allowed on 1 June 2021 by Inspector Mageean A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the special interest and significance of the listed buildings and their setting.
conversion of granary barn, stable block and piggery unit to create 3 further dwellings on site, conversion of outbuilding to car port and storage building, proposed parking for the existing farmhouse and ancillary works. Appeal B, APP/K0235/Y/20/3255480 Priory Farm Bedford Road, Turvey, BEDFORD, MK43 8BE
- Authority
- Bedford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Mageean A
- Postcode
- MK43 8BE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the special interest and significance of the listed buildings and their setting
- Whether sufficient information has been submitted to enable an assessment of the effect of the proposal on highway safety in the vicinity of the appeal site
- Whether it has been demonstrated that the biodiversity of the site would be protected, and a net biodiversity gain achieved
- Whether the countryside location of the site would be a suitable location for a development of this nature
What decided it
The less than substantial heritage harm was outweighed by the public benefits of securing the long-term viable use of the listed farm buildings and preventing their further deterioration, combined with heritage improvements and modest housing and economic benefits.
The less than substantial harm to the significance of the designated heritage assets and their setting was weighed against public and heritage benefits (securing optimum viable use, rebuilding the eastern gable in stone, reinstating the piggery roof, visual enhancement of the neglected site, protecting the integrity of the farmstead, and adding three dwellings to housing supply), with the balance tipping in favour of the appeal proposal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 41SPolicy 7SPolicy 65Policy 42SPolicy 43Policy 31Policy T9 (Turvey Neighbourhood Development Plan)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 196Paragraph 193Paragraph 78Paragraph 91Paragraph 102Paragraph 103
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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