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Quashed On Legal Grounds23 July 20253312049

The Land Is Described As the Land to the Rear of Plot 15, Site C, The Stables, Stanbridge Road, Great Billington, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9JH

Planning appeal 3312049 at The Land Is Described As the Land to the Rear of Plot 15, Site C, The Stables, Stanbridge Road, Great Billington, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9JH (Central Bedfordshire) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 23 July 2025 by Inspector Dignan P, following a hearing.

Without planning permission unauthorised siting and occupation of caravans for residential use and associated development

Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Other minor developments
Inspector
Dignan P
Postcode
LU7 9JH

What decided it

The site qualified as Grey Belt under the new NPPF policy, was not inappropriate development in the Green Belt, and there was a demonstrable unmet need for traveller pitches with no identified adverse impacts.

the substantial benefits of providing 3 traveller pitches, given the demonstrable need, were not outweighed by any adverse impacts (none being identified), so planning permission was warranted

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy H7
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 155Paragraph 110Paragraph 115

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