Builders Yard, Higher Rads End, Eversholt, MK17 9ED

conversion of redundant stables to a two-bedroom single- storey dwelling [Use Class C3(a)] including infill of existing canopy area

Authority: Central Bedfordshire
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Sabu R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the revised Framework and any relevant development plan policies including the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
whether the proposed development would accord with the Council's development plan strategy for the location of housing including the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
the effect of the proposal on highway safety

What decided it

The proposal satisfied the Green Belt re-use exception under paragraph 150 of the Framework and would not harm openness, and the highway safety issue was capable of resolution by condition requiring a passing bay.

Framework references: 147, 149, 150, 56

Plan policies cited: Policy SP4, Policy SP7, Policy DC1, Policy HQ1, Policy T2, Policy SP2

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