®Planning appeal decision
Meriden Merley Park Road, Ashington, Wimborne, BH21 3DD
Planning appeal 3276504 at Meriden Merley Park Road, Ashington, Wimborne, BH21 3DD (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) was allowed on 8 December 2021 by Inspector O'Connor H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including the effect on the openness of the Green Belt.
a loft conversion to create additional accommodation and the replacement of the existing garden studio
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- O'Connor H
- Postcode
- BH21 3DD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area having regard to massing, scale and design
- If found to be inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposed development falls within the exceptions to inappropriate development in the Green Belt under paragraphs 149(c) and 149(d) of the Framework, and therefore does not harm openness or conflict with the development plan.
No balancing exercise was required as the development was found not to be inappropriate and to accord with the development plan, triggering the presumption in favour of approval under Policy PP1.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PP2(6)Policy PP27Policy PP1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 143Paragraph 144Paragraph 145Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 149
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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