| Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - SB/04/00698 |
| 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 site lies within the South Bedfordshire Green Belt and the proposed extensions would, taken together with the previous extensions to this property, result in a dwelling extended to a cumulatively disproportionate degree having regard to the level of restraint appropriate within the Green Belt. The proposal therefore represents inappropriate development, harmful to the openness of the Green Belt, and contrary to Policy 24 of the Bedfordshire Structure Plan 2011 and Policies GB1 and H13 of the South Bedfordshire Local Plan Review. |
| 3)
The proposed development would, because of its size, bulk, height and siting and unsympathetic design, be out of character with the existing dwelling, prominent in the open countryside and harmful to the visual amenities of the locality, which is designated as part of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and an Area of Great Landscape Value. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies 6, 7 and 10 of the Bedfordshire Structure Plan 2011 and Policies H8, BE8, NE2 and NE3 of the South Bedfordshire Local Plan Review. |
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