®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed21 May 20266005254
Well Cottage, Featherbed Lane, Dunstable, LU5 6JL
a new self build replacement dwelling
- Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Bowden N
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
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- 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 proposed dwelling would be materially larger than the existing building it replaces, causing visual harm to Green Belt openness and failing to meet the exception in paragraph 154(d) of the Framework, and this harm was not outweighed by other considerations including the self-build status.
Framework references: 142, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: SP4, DC2, HQ1
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.