Woodside Farm House, Woodside Farm, Stratford Road, SANDY, SG19 2AB

part retrospective change of use for caravan park for up to 19 pitches for touring holiday caravans

Authority: Central Bedfordshire
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Plenty B

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed use on highway safety with particular respect to matters of visibility splays and manoeuvring at both the proposed access via Potton Road and the existing access from Stratford Road

What decided it

The inability to demonstrate that vehicles could safely access and exit the site from either proposed access point without creating unacceptable highway safety risks, particularly regarding visibility splays and manoeuvring of touring caravans.

Plan policies cited: Policy T2, Policy EMP4

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