®Planning appeal decision
Compton Business Park, Unit 12, Thrush Road, Poole, BH12 4FJ
change of use of Unit 12 for use as Dance School (temp consent 5 years)
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Davies N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for the proposed use, bearing in mind development plan policy relating to existing employment areas
- The effect of the development on the safety of pedestrians visiting the premises
What decided it
The lack of suitable alternative sites outside existing employment areas, combined with evidence that all student movements would be by car and the use would operate outside main business hours, justified the change of use despite the site's location in a strategically important employment area.
The employment benefits of occupying a vacant unit and the lack of suitable alternative sites outside employment areas outweighed the loss of potential employment land, provided the use was limited to five years and controlled hours to protect the long-term strategy for safeguarding employment buildings.
Plan policies cited: Policy PP16, Policy PP35, Poole Local Plan (2018) paragraphs 7.8, 7.9, 7.15
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.