Yew Tree Cottage, Honeydon, Bedford, MK44 2LP

Planning appeal 3286486 at Yew Tree Cottage, Honeydon, Bedford, MK44 2LP (Bedford Borough Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 19 September 2023 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether by reason of the design, layout and size of the outbuilding it would be tantamount to the erection of a dwelling in the countryside, and, if so, whether this would be an inappropriate and harmful form of development having regard to development plan policies.

without planning permission, the erection of a single storey recreational and storage building

Authority: Bedford Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Hartley D
Postcode: MK44 2LP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether by reason of the design, layout and size of the outbuilding it would be tantamount to the erection of a dwelling in the countryside, and, if so, whether this would be an inappropriate and harmful form of development having regard to development plan policies

What decided it

The removal of kitchen and bathroom facilities from the outbuilding, combined with conditions restricting its use to domestic purposes ancillary to the main dwelling, meant the building would not be tantamount to a separate dwellinghouse and would accord with development plan policies.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 7SPolicy 28SPolicy 29Policy 66

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