®Planning appeal decision
Land south of Cambridge Road, Langford, Biggleswade, SG18 9PS
erection of 79 dwellings including access, parking, public open space, retained woodland, landscaping and tree protection measures
- Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Webb B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The acceptability of the development in the absence of planning obligations securing social infrastructure
What decided it
The absence of planning obligations securing social infrastructure, affordable housing, custom-build/self-build housing and contributions towards education, healthcare, leisure and other facilities would undermine the social sustainability of the development and conflict with the development plan.
The limited social and economic benefits of providing 11 additional dwellings beyond the extant permission were comprehensively outweighed by the harm arising from the absence of secured contributions towards social infrastructure and housing provision.
Plan policies cited: Policy H4, Policy H6, Policy HQ2, Policy HQ3
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.