®Planning appeal decision
R/O 113 Manor Road, Barton-le-Clay, Bedford, MK45 4NS
erection of two detached chalet bungalow new-build residential dwellings with associated parking and access road
- Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Robinson N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The substantial weight given to the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and the moderate harm to openness, combined with harm to character and appearance, are not clearly outweighed by the limited benefits of the scheme, such that very special circumstances do not exist to justify the proposal.
The substantial weight to be given to Green Belt harms in respect of inappropriateness and openness, combined with other identified harms to character and appearance, were not clearly outweighed by the limited benefits of the proposed scheme, and therefore very special circumstances do not exist.
Framework references: 149, 150, 133, 148, 130
Plan policies cited: Policy SP4, Policy HQ1, Policy HQ8, Policy EE5
Judgments cited: Wood V SOS and Gravesham BC 2015 EWHC 683
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.