Planning appeal decision
Herons Farm Mancroft Road, Aley Green, Luton, LU1 4DR
Planning appeal 3325390 at Herons Farm Mancroft Road, Aley Green, Luton, LU1 4DR (Central Bedfordshire) was allowed on 7 March 2024 by Inspector Cowley R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
erection of two-storey side extensions to existing farmhouse
- Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Cowley R
- Postcode
- LU1 4DR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
What decided it
The proposal does not result in disproportionate additions over and above the size of the original building when assessed by volume, footprint, and external dimensions, and therefore constitutes a permitted exception to inappropriate development in the Green Belt under NPPF paragraph 154(c).
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154
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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