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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/17/00548/OUT

Conditions or Reasons:

1) The proposed development, by nature of its siting and relationship with adjacent land, does not constitute infilling within the Settlement Envelope of Northill which has been classified as a Small Village; as such the proposal would provide a harsh built up edge to the settlement and would extend the built form into the countryside thereby harming its character. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies DM3 and DM4 of the Central Bedfordshire Council Core Strategy and Development Management Policies Development Plan Document (2009).

2) The application site lies within Flood Zone 2 and 3a, and therefore it is considered that the applicant has not demonstrated that there are no other reasonably available sites appropriate for the proposed development in areas with a lower probability of flooding, and therefore the proposed development would fail the sequential test. It is also considered that the submitted Flood Risk Assessment does not provide a suitable basis for an assessment to be made of the flood risks arising from the proposed development, include details of appropriate flood risk mitigation measures, does not show that the sequential test has been passed or sufficiently assess the flood risk to the site and the proposal is therefore unacceptable, contrary to Policy CS13 of the Central Bedfordshire Council Core Strategy and Development Management Policies Development Plan Document (2009).

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