®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent 1, Duloe Lane, Duloe, ST NEOTS, PE19 5HP
the erection of up to 5 self build dwellings
- Authority
- Bedford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wallace J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development with particular regard to whether the development would be in a suitable location having regard to the development strategy and access to services and facilities, and the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The site's unsustainable location away from settlements with no reasonable public transport opportunities and reliance on private car access for day-to-day needs, combined with conflict with the development strategy, outweighed the benefits of housing and self-build delivery.
The benefits of additional housing delivery and self-build supply (to which limited weight was attached) were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts of conflict with the settlement strategy and lack of sustainable transport access, applying the tilted balance under paragraph 11dii of the Framework.
Framework references: 84, 11, 115, 110
Plan policies cited: Policy 7S, Policy 3S, Policy 4S, Policy 53, Policy 7S (xi), Policy 28S (i, ii, and iv), Policy 29 (i and ii), Policy 30 (i), Policy 59S
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.