Alma Farm Alma Farm Road, Toddington, DUNSTABLE, LU5 6BG

Retention of detached Log Cabin style annexe with shared services to Alma Farm

Authority: Central Bedfordshire
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Preston C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development amounts to inappropriate development within the Green Belt, including an assessment on the effect on the openness of the Green Belt and on the purposes of including land within it
The effect on the character and appearance of the area
Whether any harm to the Green Belt, and any other harm, is outweighed by other material considerations such as to indicate that very special circumstances exist

What decided it

The development amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness and character and appearance, with material considerations in favour not clearly outweighing this harm, and no very special circumstances existing to justify approval.

Framework references: 150

Plan policies cited: SP4, HQ1

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