| Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/24/00720/FULL |
| Conditions or Reasons: | | 1)
The development does not offer sufficient internal and external communal facilities to be classed as a HMO and given the lack of communal facilities available the development does not provide acceptable living conditions for its future residents, demonstrative that the site is not appropriate for conversion into an 8-bedroom HMO. As such, the proposal is contrary to Policies H2 and HQ1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021), Chapter 16 of the Amenity Guidance for Houses in Multiple Occupation and Other Houses (October 2018), and Chapter 12 of the NPPF. |
| 2)
The parking plan provided can not be relied upon, nor can it be said to be achievable since it fails to provide sufficient space behind each parking space to be workable. As such, the proposal would not provide safe and convenient off-street parking for the development, leading to indiscriminate parking within the highway and resulting in danger and inconvenience to other road users. The details shown as part of the application do not conform to the Highway Construction Standards & Specifications Guidance, or the car parking standards set out in the Central Bedfordshire Council's Design Guide and the proposal is considered to be contrary to Policies T2 and T3 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan and Chapter 9 of the NPPF. |
| 3)
The Council considers that the proposed development, by reason of its proximity lying within a 12.6km 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 a legal obligation to secure an appropriate mitigation strategy 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. |
| 4)
The application contains insufficient information to justify the loss of business use within the Town Centre Boundary, adjacent to the Primary Shopping Area of Dunstable. It is considered the proposal would not support the vitality of the Town Centre. Therefore, the proposal would be contrary to Policy R1, R3 and EMP2 of the CBLP (2021), Section 7 of the NPPF (2023) and the Central Bedfordshire Design Guide (2023). |
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