®Planning appeal decision
Thatchways, Blandford Road, Iwerne Minster, DT11 8QN
erect four no. dwellings with garages; modify vehicular access; and demolish existing garage (revised scheme following appeal)
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Parker R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be acceptable with regard to the size of the dwellings
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area, including the Iwerne Minster Conservation Area and Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
What decided it
The absence of a five-year housing land supply, combined with the existence of an extant fallback permission for market housing on the site and the absence of any material harm to the conservation area, AONB, or character and appearance, meant the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied and permission should be granted.
The social and economic benefits of housing delivery outweighed the notional conflict with Policy 20 for development outside the settlement boundary, particularly given the extant fallback permission and the absence of any harms to the conservation area or AONB.
Framework references: 11, 56
Plan policies cited: Policy 20, Policy 9, Policy 4, Policy 5
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.