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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/23/00576/FULL
Conditions or Reasons:
1) The proposed development represents inappropriate development within the Green Belt, which is, by definition, harmful to the Green Belt, and does not fall within the exception criteria. It also fails to comply with the requirements of Policy H5 of the South Bedfordshire Local Plan Review. The proposal would be detrimental to the openness and visual amenity of the Green Belt. The factors put forward by the applicant are not considered to be very special circumstances and it is considered that they would not outweigh the harm to the Green Belt, and any other identified harm. The proposal is therefore contrary to Section 13 (Protecting Green Belt land) of the NPPF (February 2019).
2) The Council considers that the proposed development would by reason of its proximity lying within a 12.6k metre linear distance of the Ashridge Commons and Woods Site of Special Scientific Interest within the Chiltern Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation would add to the recreational disturbance in this area likely to harm the integrity of the conservation purposes of the Chiltern Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation. In the absence of appropriate mitigation to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority, the proposal would be contrary to the Habitat Regulations and paragraphs 180 and 181 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2021 and Policy EE3 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan


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