Homefield Road, Chawston, Bedford, Beds, MK44 3BN

Planning appeal 3278303 at Homefield Road, Chawston, Bedford, Beds, MK44 3BN (Bedford Borough Council) was dismissed on 4 November 2021 by Inspector Owen A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether this location is suitable for this development having regard to the Council's spatial strategy.

Partially converted agricultural building to dwelling

Authority: Bedford Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Owen A
Postcode: MK44 3BN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether this location is suitable for this development having regard to the Council's spatial strategy
its accessibility to services and facilities by sustainable modes of transport
its effect on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The development's location in the open countryside conflicting with the spatial strategy and its inaccessibility by sustainable modes of transport outweighed the absence of visual harm to character and appearance.

Although the development would not visually harm the character and appearance of the area, the conflicts with the Council's spatial strategy and lack of accessibility by sustainable modes of transport meant the proposal failed to accord with the development plan as a whole, and other considerations did not indicate the decision should be made otherwise.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 7SPolicy 3SPolicy 5SPolicy 51SPolicy 2SPolicy 53Policy 28SPolicy 29Policy AD44

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