5-7 Bedford Road, Wilstead, MK45 3HN

Repair, alterations and extensions to existing building, including reconfiguration of residential units, single storey and two storey rear extensions, creation of natural swimming pool, associated parking, hard and soft landscaping

Authority: Bedford Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Dawe A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposals would preserve the significance of the Grade II listed building known as 5 and 7 Bedford Road and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses
Whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for prospective occupiers with particular regard to the provision of private garden amenity space

What decided it

The proposals would fail to preserve the significance of the Grade II listed building and its special architectural and historic interest, and the public benefits were insufficient to outweigh this less than substantial harm.

Framework references: 203, 205, 206, 208

Plan policies cited: Policy 29, Policy 28S, Policy 30, Policy 41S, Policy BE1 of the Wilshamstead Neighbourhood Plan 2021-2035

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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