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Dismissed10 September 20213267634

64 Station Road, Alderholt, Dorset, SP6 3RD

Planning appeal 3267634 at 64 Station Road, Alderholt, Dorset, SP6 3RD (Dorset) was dismissed on 10 September 2021 by Inspector Rennie S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on parking provision and highway safety.

to demolish the outbuilding; sever land; erect a pair of detached dwellings to the rear; and erect garage and parking to serve No.64 Station Road

Authority
Dorset
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Rennie S
Postcode
SP6 3RD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the development on parking provision and highway safety
  • the integrity and value of the Cranborne Common Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and the River Avon SAC/Avon Valley SPA/Avon Valley Ramsar designations

What decided it

The proposal would have a potential adverse effect on the integrity of the River Avon SAC/SPA/Ramsar and the Dorset Heathlands SPA/SAC, with no adequate mitigation demonstrated, and paragraph 182 of the NPPF disapplies the tilted balance where a significant effect on a habitats site is likely.

Although the proposal would provide two additional dwellings and economic benefits, these limited benefits would be significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm to the River Avon and Dorset Heathland as internationally important and valuable ecological sites; the tilted balance does not apply due to the likely significant effect on habitats sites.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy KS12Policy ME1Policy ME2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 182

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