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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - SB/04/00318
Conditions or Reasons:
1) The site lies within the South Bedfordshire Green Belt and the proposal would therefore conflict with Policy 24 of the Bedfordshire Structure Plan 2011 and Policy GB1 of the South Bedfordshire Local Plan Review whereby, within the Green Belt, permission will not be granted except in very special circumstances for development for purposes other than agriculture and forestry, mineral working, small scale facilities for outdoor sport and outdoor recreation or other uses appropriate to a rural area which preserve the openness of the Green Belt. No special circumstances have been established in this case.
2) The South Bedfordshire Local Plan Review requires development in rural areas to be located, designed and landscaped in such a way that it minimises the impact on the countryside and, in particular, that it is sited with existing buildings and usually within existing settlements. The proposal is outside the natural limits of the village of Toddington and the likely resultant residential paraphernalia would be an intrusion into the countryside, detrimental to its appearance and rural character. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy NE1 of the South Bedfordshire Local Plan Review.
3) To permit the proposed development on land which is located in predominantly open countryside within the Green Belt and against a background of existing planning policies would establish a precedent whereby it would be difficult for the District Planning Authority to resist other similar proposals elsewhere in its area.


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