®Planning appeal decision
Amberwood Cottage St. Catherines Hill Lane, Christchurch, BH23 2NL
Planning appeal 3274172 at Amberwood Cottage St. Catherines Hill Lane, Christchurch, BH23 2NL (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) was dismissed on 13 August 2021 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and the harm to openness would be clearly outweighed by other considerations and if so, whether this would amount to the very special circumstances required to justify granting planning permission for the appeal building.
without planning permission, the erection of a building
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
- Postcode
- BH23 2NL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and the harm to openness would be clearly outweighed by other considerations and if so, whether this would amount to the very special circumstances required to justify granting planning permission for the appeal building
- Whether the time for complying with the requirements of the notice is unreasonably short
What decided it
The absence of a realistic fallback position and the failure of other considerations to clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt meant very special circumstances did not exist to justify the inappropriate development.
The harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and adverse effect on openness was not clearly outweighed by other considerations, and no very special circumstances were found to justify the development.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy KS3 of the Christchurch and East Dorset Local Plan Core Strategy
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 54
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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