®Planning appeal decision
Land South Of 4 Brook Farm Chase, Colmworth, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK44 2AQ
permission in principle for erection of up to 2 dwellings. Access to be taken from Colmworth Road
- Authority
- Bedford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Reid L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is suitable in principle for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use, and the amount of development, with respect to the spatial strategy and access to services and facilities
What decided it
The appeal site's location outside the settlement boundary, combined with inadequate access to services and facilities and reliance on private car travel, means the proposal is not suitable in principle for residential development and the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh the moderate benefits even in the context of housing land supply shortfall.
The moderate benefits of delivering two new homes and some economic and social benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant harm from undermining the spatial strategy for housing and creating over-reliance on private car travel, even applying the tilted balance under paragraph 11(d)(ii) of the Framework due to the housing land supply shortfall.
Framework references: 110, 115, 117, 232, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy 3S, Policy 4S, Policy 5S, Policy 7S, Policy 53
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