®Planning appeal decision
4 Townsend Terrace, Houghton Regis, DUNSTABLE, LU5 5BB
the conversion of a double garage into a single storey two-bedroom detached dwelling, with off street parking and rear private garden
- Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Courtney T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would provide satisfactory living conditions for the future occupants with particular regard to access to light
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The failure to provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupants with regard to access to light to Bedroom 2 significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of increased housing supply.
The limited benefits of boosting bungalow and two-bedroom housing supply for older persons were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts on living conditions of future occupiers.
Plan policies cited: Policy HQ1 of the Local Plan
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.