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Dismissed16 July 20213259557

Catherines Well, Milton Abbas, Dorset, DT11 0AZ

Planning appeal 3259557 at Catherines Well, Milton Abbas, Dorset, DT11 0AZ (Dorset) was dismissed on 16 July 2021 by Inspector Harley S, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for housing taking into account the spatial strategy; the character and appearance of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (the AONB); and the effect on heritage assets.

Demolition of barns, and residential development of 30 dwellings, including new vehicular and pedestrian access, public open space, landscape planting, pumping station, electricity substation, surface water attenuation, and associated infrastructure (landscape and appearance reserved)

Authority
Dorset
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Harley S
Postcode
DT11 0AZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for housing taking into account the spatial strategy; the character and appearance of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (the AONB); and the effect on heritage assets.

What decided it

The engagement of footnote 6 to Paragraph 11(d)(i) of the Framework via harm to the AONB, combined with conflict with the spatial strategy of the recently adopted Neighbourhood Plan, provided a clear reason for refusal that outweighed the housing benefits.

The conflict with the spatial strategy and the harm to the AONB significantly outweighed the benefits of housing and affordable housing delivery, even though the less-than-substantial heritage harm identified was itself outweighed by the scheme's public benefits.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 2 of the LPPolicy 4 of the LPPolicy 5 of the LPPolicy 6 of the LPPolicy 20 of the LPPolicy 24 of the LPPolicy MA1 of the NPPolicy MA3 of the NPPolicy MA4 of the NPPolicy MA6 of the NPPolicy MA8 of the NP
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 103Paragraph 170Paragraph 9Paragraph 172Paragraph 11Paragraph 12

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