®Planning appeal decision
Plot 4 Paradise Farm, The Causeway, Clophill, Bedfordshire, MK45 4BA
Planning appeal 3327551 at Plot 4 Paradise Farm, The Causeway, Clophill, Bedfordshire, MK45 4BA (Central Bedfordshire) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 12 February 2025 by Inspector Renaudon L, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: (Appeal A, ground (b)) whether or not the matters alleged in the enforcement notice have occurred.
the stationing of two additional mobile homes for residential purposes, a larger dayroom and area of hardstand ancillary to that use in association with the existing gypsy/traveller pitch granted planning permission on 4 September 2019 (Ref: CB/18/02424/FULL). Summary
- Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Renaudon L
- Postcode
- MK45 4BA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- (Appeal A, ground (b)) whether or not the matters alleged in the enforcement notice have occurred
- (Appeal B) whether the development is locationally appropriate
- (Appeal B) whether the development would result in harm to the character and appearance of the area
- (Appeal B) whether the design and density of the development would result in acceptable living conditions for its occupants
- (Appeal B) whether adequate biodiversity provision would be made
- (Appeal B) whether the development would make adequate provision against flooding and for drainage and flood storage
What decided it
The proposal was found to comply with the development plan, in particular policy H7, once conditions addressing flood risk, layout, biodiversity and site management were imposed, so no conflict arose requiring a wider balancing exercise.
Having found no conflict with the development plan subject to conditions, the Inspector did not need to strike a wider balance, though the improved flood safety of the mobile homes compared with the appellant's fallback of touring caravans was treated as a positive consideration in favour of the proposal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP7Policy SP8Policy H7Policy EE2Policy EE8Policy CC3Policy CC4Policy CC5Policy CC6
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision
More decisions in Central Bedfordshire
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025
- Allowed15 October 20266009682Land West Of Hurricane Avenue, Lower Stondon, SG16 6NW
- Notice varied and upheld4 August 2026336326410 Knolls View, Totternhoe, Dunstable, LU6 2BT
- Notice upheld21 July 20263367816109 Clophill Road, Maulden, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK45 2AD
- Dismissed1 June 20263357460Greenacres, 16 Thorncote Road, Northill, Biggleswade, SG18 9AQ
- Allowed26 May 20266003946Land Adjacent to Sheffield House, South-west of Ampthill Road (B530), Houghton Conquest, MK45 3JJ
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.