®Planning appeal decision
Land lying to the East of Uddens Drive (Plot 7 Woodcraft Activities), Red Bridge, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7BH
without planning permission the material change of use of woodland to a mixed use of land for forestry and commercial woodcraft activities comprising the erection of buildings and structures
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hand S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the material change of use and erection of buildings as alleged in the enforcement notice had occurred
- Whether planning permission should be granted for the retention of the open fronted store and compost toilet
What decided it
The open fronted store and compost toilet were modest, harmless structures built of wood that blended into the woodland background and were appropriate for forestry purposes in the green belt, whereas the material change of use to commercial woodcraft activities had not ceased by the date of the notice.
The modest scale and harmless nature of the storage building and compost toilet, and their appropriateness for forestry purposes in the green belt, outweighed any objection on green belt or character and appearance grounds; however, the material change of use to commercial woodcraft activities remained unlawful and the enforcement notice was upheld in that respect.
Plan policies cited: Policy HE3
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