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Allowed14 November 20233320249

Chamberlains Barn Quarry, Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3PZ

Planning appeal 3320249 at Chamberlains Barn Quarry, Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3PZ (Central Bedfordshire) was allowed on 14 November 2023 by Inspector Parker C, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the obligation continues to serve a useful purpose, and would serve that purpose equally well if it had effect subject to the modifications specified in the application.

Modification of a planning obligation to enable the installation, ownership, operation and use of a sustainable ground-source ambient heat network under part of the Country Park at Chamberlains Barn

Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Appeal type
other · Section 106 Agreement
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
utilities-energy · Not Applicable
Inspector
Parker C
Postcode
LU7 3PZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the obligation continues to serve a useful purpose, and would serve that purpose equally well if it had effect subject to the modifications specified in the application

What decided it

The Inspector concluded that the modified obligation would continue to serve a useful purpose and would serve that purpose equally well, with the risks raised by the Council (leaks, encumbrance, disruption) found to be minimal or unlikely to arise.

the benefits of enabling sustainable low carbon heating and continued delivery of the Country Park outweighed the Council's concerns over leak risk, disruption and encumbrance

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