Land east of Warren Farm, Woburn Road, Millbrook, Bedford, MK45 2HY

Without planning permission, the change of use of land for use for the parking of mini buses, the siting of mobile office/welfare units, skips, the storage of large plant equipment and scaffolding and the formation of a gravelled hardstanding area ("Unauthorised Development")

Authority: Central Bedfordshire
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Hitchcock R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development is appropriately sited having regard to the Council's spatial strategy for the distribution of new development
the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the locality
the effect on nearby land uses, including the living conditions of nearby residents
the effect on highway safety

What decided it

The development conflicts with the development plan's spatial distribution policies (SP7 and EMP4) which protect countryside areas and direct development to sustainable locations, and this conflict is not outweighed by material considerations including the Framework.

Plan policies cited: Policy SP7, Policy EMP4, Policy HQ1, Policy EE5, Policy T2

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