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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/25/00103/FULL

Conditions or Reasons:

1) The proposed development by reason of its siting, excessive size, scale, form and inappropriate and unsatisfactory design would be demonstrably at odds with the pattern and grain of development within the area, would be harmful to the character of the locality and would not make a positive contribution to local distinctiveness having regard to the attractive countryside location beyond the settlement envelope of Ampthill. The proposed development is therefore not of a high quality layout and design appropriate to its setting, and would be contrary to policies HQ1 and EE5 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021), policies HQ-1 and sections 12 and 15 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).

2) Insufficient information has been provided within the application to demonstrate that the development would be able to deliver a net gain for biodiversity. As such, the proposal is contrary to policy EE2 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021), section 15 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024) and Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as inserted by Schedule 14 of the Environment Act 2021).

3) Insufficient information has been provided to enable an accurate assessment of the application in terms of which layout is being proposed, the visibility splays required and how this will affect the embankment to the north, means of access to the site, on site parking and turning. Contrary to Local Plan Policies T2 and T3 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan, the Parking Standards for New Developments SPD and Sections 9 and 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (2024).

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