Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed7 July 20223281410

Land Rear of 18, 20, 22 & 24 Avenue Road, Walkford, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 5QH

Planning appeal 3281410 at Land Rear of 18, 20, 22 & 24 Avenue Road, Walkford, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 5QH (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) was dismissed on 7 July 2022 by Inspector Leonard S, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue is the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.

replacement dwelling (No.22) and erection of 3 detached bungalows with associated access and parking

Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Other Major Developments
Inspector
Leonard S
Postcode
BH23 5QH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The main issue is the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.

What decided it

The significant harm to the character and appearance of the Chewton Farm Estate, arising from the loss of garden land, trees and a cramped built form, outweighed the modest housing supply benefits.

the significant harm identified to the character and appearance of the area significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of the additional housing, even applying the tilted balance under paragraph 11, so the appeal was dismissed

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy H9Policy H12Policy HE2Policy HE3Policy ME2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 8Paragraph 69Paragraph 131

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 applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

68 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022

  1. Dismissed13 October 20266012647
    Land adj.88 Iford Lane, Bournemouth, BH6 5QZ
  2. Dismissed17 October 20253361180
    2 Jellicoe Drive, Mudeford, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 3SL
  3. Allowed22 May 20253354600
    52 Queens Park Avenue, Bournemouth, BH8 9EY
  4. Allowed2 July 20243327019
    28 Endfield Road, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 2HT
  5. Dismissed12 April 20243337501
    83 Southbourne Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth, , BH6 3NW

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.