| Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/25/01826/PIP |
| Conditions or Reasons: | | 1)
The proposed dwellings, by way of location, land use and excessive amount of development, would consitute inappropriate development within the Green Belt. The proposal would not conform with any of the exemptions under Paragraph 154 of the NPPF, and is therefore inappropriate by definition. The Council can demonstrate a 5 year housing land supply and as such, in respect to Paragraph 155 of the NPPF (2024), there is no demonstrable unmet need for housing that would be met by the addition of six dwellings. The development would be of a significant scale and would undermine the purposes of the Green Belt. Therefore, if it were to be found that the site is Grey Belt land as defined in the Framework, the proposed development does not meet this criteria (a) and (b) as set out in Paragraph 155. |
| 2)
The proposal of six dwellings, would constitute overdevelopment of the site at the expense of creating adverse landscape harm, which would fail to integrate the development into its open countryside setting, and in its current form the proposal is in conflict with Policy EE4 of the CBLP (2021). In addition, the proposed location of the dwellings behind the established linear form of development evident along Pipers Lane would be back-land development that would be harmful to the existing grain and pattern and would be in direct conflict with Policy HQ8 of the CBLP (2021). The form and extent of development being proposed would not respect, retain or enhance the character and distinctiveness of the locality and local landscape as required by local planning policies HQ1 and EE5 of the CBLP (2021). |
| 3)
The proposal, if permitted, would lead to an unacceptable increase in conflict on a substandard highway, due to inadequate width and forward visibility, and the lack of segregation for pedestrians, resulting in conditions of danger and inconvenience to users of the highway, contrary to Policy T2 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (2021) and Section 9 of the NPPF (2024). |
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