71/73 Ford End Road, Queens Park, Bedford, Beds, MK40 4JG

Planning appeal 3303682 at 71/73 Ford End Road, Queens Park, Bedford, Beds, MK40 4JG (Bedford Borough Council) was dismissed on 25 January 2023 by Inspector Simpson V, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on the conditions experienced by users of the Jamia Masjid Hanfia Ghousia Mosque and 2 Cromwell Road, as well as the living conditions of the occupiers of numbers 73-69 Ford End Road, with particular regard to light, outlook, noise and pollution.

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Authority: Bedford Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Other minor developments
Inspector: Simpson V
Postcode: MK40 4JG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the development on the conditions experienced by users of the Jamia Masjid Hanfia Ghousia Mosque and 2 Cromwell Road, as well as the living conditions of the occupiers of numbers 73-69 Ford End Road, with particular regard to light, outlook, noise and pollution
the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The development would cause unacceptable harm to the living conditions of neighbouring residential properties and users of the mosque through increased noise and pollution, and would unacceptably reduce light and outlook to the outside space at number 69 Ford End Road.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 32Policy E6Policy E7Policy 28S(i)Policy 28S(ii)Policy 29(i)Policy 29(ii)Policy 30(i)Policy 30(ii)
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 130

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