28 Brookside Road, Bransgore, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 8AW

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

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.

Plan policies cited: ENV3: Design Quality and Local Distinctiveness, ENV4: Landscape Character and Quality

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