Church Cottage Stanbridge Road, Tilsworth, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9PN

Planning appeal 3370869 at Church Cottage Stanbridge Road, Tilsworth, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9PN (Central Bedfordshire) was dismissed on 15 December 2025 by Inspector Bowden N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies including the effect of the proposal on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt.

a part two storey, part single storey side extension

Authority: Central Bedfordshire
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Bowden N
Postcode: LU7 9PN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies including the effect of the proposal on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and 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 proposal would constitute a disproportionate addition to the original dwelling and cause harm to Green Belt openness that was not outweighed by the fallback position or other material considerations.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: SP4
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 154

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