®Planning appeal decision
Misty Meadows, 147 Ringwood Road, Longham, FERNDOWN, BH22 9AB
change of use of land and existing building to a recreational day centre for adults with physical and mental disabilities (partly retrospect). All facilities are DDA compliant and conform to the Equalities Act
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Dudley G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy.
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt.
- If the development is inappropriate in the Green Belt, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development.
What decided it
The absence of very special circumstances sufficient to clearly outweigh the substantial harm from inappropriate development and loss of openness in the Green Belt.
The substantial harm from inappropriate development and harm to openness of the Green Belt was not clearly outweighed by other considerations, so very special circumstances were not established and the appeals were dismissed.
Plan policies cited: Policy KS3, Policy KS2
Judgments cited: Europa Oils
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