®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent Chiltern View, Higham Road, Hitchin, MK45 4RB
for the change of use of land from agricultural to mixed agricultural and siting of 10 storage containers for storage use and installation of a fence around part of the site
- Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Plenty B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to very special circumstances to justify it
What decided it
The harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and the moderate harm to openness and character and appearance are not clearly outweighed by the limited to moderate weight of other considerations, so very special circumstances do not exist.
Framework references: 11, 133, 138, 148, 149, 150
Plan policies cited: Policy SP4, Policy HQ1
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