®Planning appeal decision
6 Mount Pleasant, Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire, MK17 8LA
the demolition of the existing dwelling and the erection of 2no. bespoke designed dwellings with access, landscaping and other associated works
- Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Lo S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on biodiversity
- whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- if the proposed development is inappropriate in the Green Belt, whether harm from inappropriateness together with any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The absence of conclusive evidence regarding the presence of bat roosts within the building during the specified survey period (May-August) meant the proposal could not be approved without establishing whether protected species would be harmed, contrary to Policy EE3 and the Framework's requirement to avoid significant biodiversity harm.
Framework references: 154
Plan policies cited: Policy EE3 (Nature Conservation), Policy SP4 (Development in the Green Belt), Policy SP7
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.