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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/24/01848/FULL
Conditions or Reasons:
1) The subdivision of the site would result in uncharacteristically small rear gardens for the dwellings that would appear discordant with the plot sizes found within the area and at odds with the pattern and grain of development in the surrounding area and would represent the overdevelopment of the site. The proposal would therefore result in harm to the character and appearance of the area, contrary to Policy HQ1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021) and Section 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2023).
2) The gardens for the dwellings would be small and would fail to provide adequate outdoor amenity space for future occupiers. Therefore, the proposal would fail to provide an adequate standard of amenity for future occupiers, contrary to Policy H2 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021), Section 12 of the NPPF and the Central Bedfordshire Design Guide.
3) The proposed development fails to provide a suitable parking layout for both dwellings that makes adequate provision for off-street parking and vehicle maneourvability within the site. The development would result in an increase in on-street parking, thereby resulting in unacceptable traffic congestion and additional hazards to users of the highway, contrary to Policies T2 and T3 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021), Section 9 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2023) and the Parking Standards for New Developments SPD (2023).
4) The proposed development would, by reason of its proximity lying within a 12.6km distance of the Ashridge Commons and Woods Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) within the Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation (SAC), add to the recreational disturbance in this area, and be likely to harm the integrity of the conservation purposes of the SAC. In the absence of an appropriate strategy to mitigate this harm, the proposal would be contrary to the Habitat Regulations, Policy EE3 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021) and Section 15 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2023).


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