®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed24 February 20253343608
Church Cottage, Stanbridge Road, Tilsworth, Beds, LU7 9PN
two storey side extension
- Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Stephens K
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, and the effect on the openness of the Green Belt and purposes of including land within it
- If it is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The proposed extension would be a disproportionate addition to the original dwelling that would materially harm the openness of the Green Belt, and the fallback position, being less harmful than the appeal scheme, could not carry sufficient weight to clearly outweigh this harm.
Framework references: 142, 153, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy SP4
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