®Planning appeal decision
Streatley Hall Sharpenhoe Road, Streatley, LUTON, LU3 3PS
two storey rear extension to existing farmhouse, single storey glazed link to adjacent barn, conversion of existing adjacent single storey barn, and associated alterations to fenestration
- Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Smith J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether adequate measures would be included to avoid or mitigate harm to protected species, with particular reference to bats and barn owls
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies
What decided it
The absence of adequate survey evidence and mitigation measures to address potential harm to barn owls, which are Schedule 1 protected species, meant the proposal conflicted with Policy EE2 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan and Section 15 of the Framework.
Framework references: 11, 15, 143, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy EE2, Policy SP4, Central Bedfordshire Design Guide 2023 Section 11.32
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