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Allowed24 July 20233316823

Land at Station Road, Oakley, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK43 7RB

Planning appeal 3316823 at Land at Station Road, Oakley, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK43 7RB (Bedford Borough Council) was allowed on 24 July 2023 by Inspector Dyer I, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether concerns raised by interested parties regarding compliance with development plan policy and highway matters justify the refusal of planning permission.

outline application (all matters reserved other than access) for the development of up to 40 dwellings, vehicular and pedestrian access, green infrastructure including open space and landscaping, and related drainage and other infrastructure works on land off Station Road, Oakley

Authority
Bedford Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Dyer I
Postcode
MK43 7RB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether concerns raised by interested parties regarding compliance with development plan policy and highway matters justify the refusal of planning permission

What decided it

The absence of any substantiated conflict with the development plan, combined with substantial public benefits outweighing the agreed less-than-significant heritage harm, decided the appeal in the appellants' favour.

The substantial public benefits (up to 40 dwellings including affordable housing, economic benefits, open space and traffic management measures), attributed moderate weight together, outweighed the risk of any less than substantial harm to the setting of nearby heritage assets.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 4SPolicy HG1Policy 31Policy 41SPolicies 2S(iii), 29 (v), (viii), 31 (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vi) and 53Policy 59SPolicy 32Policies 50S and 93Policy 49Policies 29 (viii) and 31 (vi)Policies 42S and 43Policies 28S, 30 (iii), 38, 39, 40, 42S and 43Policies 29 and 30Policy 52Policy 94Policies 29S, 30, 33 and 86S
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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