®Planning appeal decision
Land rear of 9 Bedford Road, Willington, Bedford, MK44 3PP
the demolition of 9 Bedford Road to serve a new development of 9 Self/Custom Build Dwellings
- Authority
- Bedford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- MK44 3PP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposed development on trees, including those protected by a Tree Preservation Order (TPO)
What decided it
The proposal's conflict with the development plan in extending built form into the countryside, combined with the recent neighbourhood plan's housing allocations and the application of paragraph 14 of the NPPF, means the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh the housing and self-build benefits.
The benefits of housing supply, self-build and custom housebuilding provision, and local economic benefits were outweighed by the harm to countryside character and appearance, particularly given the neighbourhood plan's recent adoption with housing allocations and the application of NPPF paragraph 14.
Framework references: 11, 14
Plan policies cited: Policy 7S, Policies 65 to 68, Policy 28S (i and ii), Policy 29 (i and ii), Policy 30 (i and ii), Policy 37, Policy 39, Policy W1A of the Willington Neighbourhood Development Plan
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.