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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/18/04018/OUT

Conditions or Reasons:

1) The site is outside of the Greenfield Settlement Envelope and is within the open countryside. The development would cause detrimental harm to the character and appearance of the area by extending built development in to the countryside. The proposed development would be harmful to the character and setting of Greenfield village, and the surrounding countryside and would have an undue adverse impact on the existing landscape, particularly through the loss of mature hedgerow and an important countryside gap. The development would not make a net positive contribution to biodiversity. The development would contribute to the coalescence of Greenfield and Flitton villages. The proposed development does not, therefore constitute sustainable development given the inaccessibility of key services and the environmental harm that would result. No material planning considerations have been put forward or identified that would overcome the substantial and demonstrable harm identified. The development is in conflict with the objectives and policies of the National Planning Policy Framework (2012) and contrary to Policies CS16 (landscape and Woodland) DM3 (High Quality Development), DM4 (Development Within and Outside of Settlement Envelopes), DM14 (Landscape and Woodland) and DM15 (Biodiversity) of the Central Bedfordshire Core Strategy and Development Management Policies (2009).

2) In the absence of a completed legal agreement securing the provision of affordable housing and financial contributions required to mitigate the impacts of the development on local infrastructure, the proposal would not constitute sustainable development and would be contrary to Policies CS2 and CS7 of the Central Bedfordshire Core Strategy and Development Management Policies (North) (2009) and the National Planning Policy Framework (2018).

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