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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/18/03308/OUT
Conditions or Reasons:
1) The site lies within the South Bedfordshire Green Belt and the proposal would comprise inappropriate development within the Green Belt and would be harmful by reason of inappropriateness, significant loss of openness and by conflict with the purposes of including land within the Green Belt. Very special circumstances that would outweigh the identified harm have not been demonstrated in this case. The proposal is therefore contrary to Section 13 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
2) The proposed development would result in the loss of grade 2 and grade 3a agricultural land and, by virtue of its open countryside location, the scale of development, the loss of characteristic pasture land and the site's relationship with other built development and the open countryside; would result in harm to the character and appearance of the site and its surrounding and the relationship of the site and the neighbouring existing settlement with the immediate and wider landscape. The development is therefore contrary to the objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework, which seeks to deliver high quality, sensitive development and safeguard valued landscape character, and policy BE8 of the South Bedfordshire Local Plan Review.
3) In the absence of a legal agreement securing the provision of affordable housing and contributions towards local infrastructure, the development would fail to make an acceptable contribution towards local affordable housing stock, and would fail to mitigate the impacts of the development on local infrastructure. The development would therefore be contrary to the objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework and the Affordable Housing Guidance Note for Central Bedfordshire (South Area).


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