®Planning appeal decision
Homefield Road, Chawston, Bedford, Beds, MK44 3BN
- Authority
- Bedford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Owen A
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.
Plan policies cited: Policy 7S, Policy 3S, Policy 5S, Policy 51S, Policy 2S, Policy 53, Policy 28S, Policy 29, Policy AD44
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.