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Notice varied and upheld24 September 20213262339

Land at Knyton Land Adjacent to Toddbury Farm, Off Mill Road, Little Billington, Leighton Buzzard, (Land Between Toddbury Farm & Greenacres), LU7 9BP

Planning appeal 3262339 at Land at Knyton Land Adjacent to Toddbury Farm, Off Mill Road, Little Billington, Leighton Buzzard, (Land Between Toddbury Farm & Greenacres), LU7 9BP (Central Bedfordshire) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 24 September 2021 by Inspector Murray J, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on the openness of the Green Belt.

without planning permission, the creation of an area of hardstanding and building a fence on the Land

Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Other minor developments
Inspector
Murray J
Postcode
LU7 9BP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
  • The effect on the character and appearance of the countryside
  • Whether there is adequate access to services and facilities (appeal B only)
  • Whether the development constitutes intentional unauthorised development and, if so, what weight should attach to that
  • Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development

What decided it

No very special circumstances existed to outweigh the substantial harm of inappropriate Green Belt development because, on the appellant's own evidence, no gypsies or travellers would actually be displaced from the disputed land.

The substantial harm by reason of inappropriateness, together with limited harm to openness and character and appearance, was not clearly outweighed by other considerations, so very special circumstances did not exist and the balance tipped against the development.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP4Policy H7Policy EE5Policy HQ1Policy SP8

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