®Planning appeal decision
The Yard, The Ford Harling Road, Eaton Bray, DUNSTABLE, LU6 2JB
to divide the site into a plot for a 2-bedroom bungalow with the builder's yard to be retained on the part of the site to the south west
- Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Aqbal M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the development plan and the Framework, 2021
- Whether the site is in a suitable location for housing having regard to local and national planning policies
- Whether the proposed dwelling would provide acceptable living conditions for its occupiers
- Highway safety
- If the proposal would be inappropriate development whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The proposal represents inappropriate development in the Green Belt with greater impact on openness than existing development, and the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, combined with poor site accessibility and unacceptable living conditions harm, is not clearly outweighed by other considerations.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness, combined with poor accessibility for housing and unacceptable living conditions harm, outweighed the limited benefits of a new dwelling and environmental improvements to the site appearance.
Framework references: 149, 79
Plan policies cited: Policy SP4, Policy SP7, Policy T2, Policy HQ1, Policy EMP2
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.