Another successful appeal decision at Cranfield in Central Bedfordshire. Up to 78 dwellings with public open space, landscaping, sustainable drainage system (SuDS) and land for provision of a doctor’s surgery.
The Inspector concluded that the resultant loss of this particular piece of countryside, visible at short range only to a limited number of footpath users, not protected but designated for re-landscaping, partially enclosed by existing development and heavily influenced by the urbanising effects of Cranfield Airport and University, would result in very little harm indeed to the character and appearance of the locality.