®Planning appeal decision
75-79 Tavistock Street, Bedford, MK40 2HB
third floor extension to create four additional flats
- Authority
- Bedford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Bennett T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers with particular regard to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The requirement for future residents to keep windows permanently closed to achieve acceptable internal noise levels would result in unsatisfactory living conditions that cannot be justified by the moderate housing benefit.
The moderate benefit of providing 4 dwellings in an accessible town centre location on previously developed land was significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant harm to living conditions for future occupiers arising from the need to maintain sealed windows to mitigate unacceptable noise levels.
Plan policies cited: Policy 32 (i), Policy 32 (iii), Policy 47S (ii), Policy 47S (v), Policy 2S (iii)
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.