®Planning appeal decision
Land South of the A.30, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8BS
an employment led mixed-use scheme consisting of industrial starter units, primary school, up to 135 dwellings and flexible commercial uses to include a combination of hotel and non- food retail or a residential care home together with car parking, sport pitches, public open space and associated works
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- employment-industrial · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Longmuir J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal in terms of potential out-commuting
- the effect of the proposal on employment land supply in North Dorset
- the likelihood of a scheme being implemented which is wholly compliant with the DP
- whether the benefits of the proposal would clearly outweigh the impacts
What decided it
The limited and insignificant degree of conflict with the employment allocation, combined with considerable uncertainty over the site's deliverability for employment and the pressing housing land supply shortfall, meant the substantial benefits of the scheme outweighed the conflict with the Development Plan.
the adverse impact of the proposal would not significantly outweigh the benefits when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole
Framework references: 8, 11, 14, 56, 57, 122
Plan policies cited: Policy SB12, Policy 11, Policy 18, Policy SFHE3
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.