Lower Honeydon Farm, Lower Honeydon Lane, Honeydon, MK44 2LR

change of use of an agricultural storage barn to a fencing contractors store (Use Class B8), and the erection of lean-to canopy and external racking

Authority: Bedford Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Griffiths S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposals constitute sustainable development (Appeals A and B)
The effect of the proposals on the character and appearance of the area (Appeal A)

What decided it

For Appeal A: insufficient evidence of justification for rural location and excessive scale of external storage causing harm to character and appearance contrary to Policy 75. For Appeal B: failure to demonstrate that no other accommodation alternatives were available locally contrary to Policy 68.

Framework references: 88

Plan policies cited: Policy 3S, Policy 65, Policy 75, Policy 68, Policy 28S, Policy 29, Policy 30, Policy 7S

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