®Planning appeal decision
Allowed30 March 20266005049
18 Furlong Lane, Totternhoe, Dunstable, LU6 1QR
a first floor side extension over existing garage with balustrade and privacy screen, single storey front porch extension, solar panels to rear elevation and a single storey detached garden room to the rear
- Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Down K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would amount to inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the NPPF 2024 and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- If the proposed development would amount to inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations, such as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The existence of permitted development rights as a realistic fallback that would allow construction of a similar or larger building in a potentially more open area of the garden clearly outweighed the identified harm to the Green Belt.
Plan policies cited: Policy SP4
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.