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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/25/00825/FULL
Conditions or Reasons:
1) The spiral staircase, considering its design and siting, appears at odds with the character of the area. The staircase would amount to an incongruous form of development which would not harmonise with the setting of the local and wider area. As such, the staircase is deemed to be contrary to Policy HQ1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan, Section 11 of the Central Bedfordshire Design Guide and Section 12 of the NPPF (2024).
2) The proposed 2 x front dormers would result in a loss of privacy to the neighbouring property known as: The Cottage. The proposed spiral staircase results in the provision of an elevated platform which offers a vantage point affording views into the private amenity space of neighbouring dwellings resulting in a detrimental overlooking impact and loss of privacy to Stratford House and nearby neighbouring dwellings. The proposal is deemed to be contrary to Policy HQ1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan, Section 11 of the Central Bedfordshire Design Guide and Section 12 of the NPPF (2024).
3) The proposed development would, because of its close proximity with the boundary of neighbouring property known as: The Coach House would appear unduly overbearing representing an unneighbourly form of development. The proposal would therefore be contrary with Policy HQ1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021), Section 11 of the Central Bedfordshire Design Guide (2023) and Section 12 of the NPPF (2024).


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