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Dismissed4 August 20253362569

50 Sutton Mill Road, Potton, Central Bedfordshire, SG19 2QB

Planning appeal 3362569 at 50 Sutton Mill Road, Potton, Central Bedfordshire, SG19 2QB (Central Bedfordshire) was dismissed on 4 August 2025 by Inspector Kemmann-Lane T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the character and grain of the open countryside landscape.

the erection of a maintenance and storage building for plant and machinery, laying of hardstanding, and formation of private way (Retrospective)

Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
agricultural · Other minor developments
Inspector
Kemmann-Lane T
Postcode
SG19 2QB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposal on the character and grain of the open countryside landscape
  • the effect of the proposal on highway safety

What decided it

The building is an unjustified and incongruous feature in the countryside that causes unacceptable visual harm to the landscape character, contrary to development plan policy, with no material consideration sufficient to outweigh this objection.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP7Policy EE5Policy HQ1

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