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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/25/01435/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 within the Framework. The proposed development would also result in significant harm to the openness of the Green Belt. The positive benefits of the proposal do not clearly outweigh the harms to the Green Belt by virtue of inappropriateness and loss of openness such that Very Special Circumstances could be said to exist. The proposal is therefore in conflict with policy SP4 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021) and section 13 of the NPPF (2024).
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 Chilterns 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 193 and 194 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024), as well as policy EE3 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021).


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