High Crest, Rectory Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK455AT

Planning appeal 3372606 at High Crest, Rectory Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK455AT (Central Bedfordshire) was dismissed on 21 November 2025 by Inspector Phillips A, 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 2024 and relevant development plan policies.

single storey side extension and alterations

Authority: Central Bedfordshire
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Phillips A
Postcode: MK45 5AT

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 2024 and relevant development plan policies
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 constitutes a disproportionate extension to the original dwelling within the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it, contrary to paragraph 153 of the Framework and Policy SP4 of the Local Plan.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy SP4Section 11.32 of the Central Bedfordshire Design Guide SPD
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 131Paragraph 13Paragraph 16

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