®Planning appeal decision
100 Bunyan Road, Kempston, BEDFORD, MK42 8EX
erection of a single storey detached annex to be used as ancillary living accommodation
- Authority
- Bedford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Troy D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the annex would be ancillary or incidental to the main dwelling or a separate independent dwelling unit
- the character and appearance of the area
- the highway safety in the area
What decided it
The proposed annex would function as a separate independent dwelling unit rather than ancillary accommodation, and would result in incongruous and out-of-keeping harm to the character and appearance of the area.
The modest benefits of the proposal, including meeting the family's needs and design quality, were insufficient to outweigh the harm to character and appearance and the conflict with development plan policies.
Framework references: 111
Plan policies cited: Policy 28S (ii), Policy 29 (i) (ii), Policy 30 (i) (ii), Policy 29 (viii), Policy 31 (i) (iii) (iv), Design Code N3
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.