®Planning appeal decision
28 Brookside Road, Bransgore, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 8AW
Planning appeal 3221343 at 28 Brookside Road, Bransgore, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 8AW (New Forest District Council) was allowed on 26 August 2021 by Inspector Symons G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the fence and gate on the character and appearance of the area.
The erection of a fence, including a gate, erected adjacent to the highway and in excess of 1 metre in height, in the approximate position shown by a black line and marked between points A to B, B to C, C to D and D to E on the attached plan. Siting of two outbuildings and associated hard standing areas including change of use from open amenity land to domestic garden in the approximate position hatched black on the plan attached to the Notice
- Authority
- New Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Symons G
- Postcode
- BH23 8AW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the fence and gate on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The established privet hedge now effectively screens the fence and represents a material change in circumstances since the previous appeal decision, such that the fence no longer harms the character and appearance of the area.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- ENV3: Design Quality and Local DistinctivenessENV4: Landscape Character and Quality
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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