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Conditions or Reasons for Planning Application - CB/25/03834/FULL

Conditions or Reasons:

1) The proposal would result in the loss of an employment-generating use, adjacent to the Town Centre Boundary of Dunstable. It is considered the proposal would be in contrary to Limb 1 and 2 of Policy EMP2 of the CBLP (2021). Therefore, the proposal would be contrary to Policy EMP2 of the CBLP (2021), Section 7 of the NPPF (2023) and the Central Bedfordshire Design Guide (2023).

2) In the absence of information regarding existing historical features, the Local Planning Authority is unable to fully assess the impact of the proposed development on the significance of the listed building or to determine whether the development would preserve the building, its setting or its features of special architectural or historic interest. As such, the applicant has failed to demonstrate that the proposal satisfies the statutory duty set out under Section 66(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and paragraphs 202, 212, 213 and 215 of the National Planning Policy Framework and Policies HQ1 and HE3 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan 20152035.

3) The Council considers that the proposed development, by reason of its proximity lying within a 12.6km linear distance of the Ashridge Commons and Woods Site of Special Scientific Interest within the Chiltern 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 a legal obligation to secure an appropriate mitigation strategy 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 2021 and Policy EE3 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan.

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