®Planning appeal decision
5 Woodland Avenue, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH5 2DJ
Planning appeal 3270647 at 5 Woodland Avenue, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH5 2DJ (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) was dismissed on 5 July 2021 by Inspector Bale M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on the character and appearance of the area.
demolition of the existing dwelling and erection of a block comprising 8 No. flats with associated access and parking
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Bale M
- Postcode
- BH5 2DJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect on highway safety, with regard to parking provision
- The effect on the living conditions of the occupiers of No.5a Woodland Avenue with regard to outlook and privacy
- The effect on the living conditions of future occupiers of the site
- The effect on European sites, protected for their nature conservation importance
What decided it
The unmitigated adverse effects on the integrity of the Dorset Heathlands European sites, combined with the multiple harms to character and appearance, highway safety, and living conditions, meant that the proposal did not benefit from the presumption in favour of sustainable development and was contrary to the development plan.
The wide-ranging harms to character and appearance, loss of a non-designated heritage asset, harm to highway safety, failure to deliver a high quality living environment, and adverse effects on European sites were not outweighed by the benefits associated with housing delivery, despite the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 6.10 of the Bournemouth District Wide Local Plan 2002Policy CS21 of the Bournemouth Core Strategy 2012Policy CS33 of the Bournemouth Core Strategy 2012Policy CS40 of the Bournemouth Core Strategy 2012Policy CS41 of the Bournemouth Core Strategy 2012Policy CS16 of the Bournemouth Core Strategy 2012Policy CS18 of the Bournemouth Core Strategy 2012Policy BAP1 of the Boscombe and Pokesdown Neighbourhood Plan 2019Policy BAP7 of the Boscombe and Pokesdown Neighbourhood Plan 2019
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 175
- Judgments
- Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 P37]
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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