®Planning appeal decision
The Oaks Garden Centre and Nursery, Queen Anne Drive, WIMBORNE, BH21 3BA
described on the application form as: “Temporary change of use of part of the site for the purposes of car sales, for a period of three years from the date that a planning permission is granted. Thereafter, reverting to the established lawful garden centre use
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the use of the site for vehicle sales constitutes inappropriate development, having regard to the effect on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt, the Development Plan and the revised National Planning Policy Framework
- The effect on highway safety
- Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, and if so whether this would amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The use of the site for vehicle sales amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt that does not preserve openness and conflicts with Green Belt purposes, and any economic benefits do not clearly outweigh this harm such that very special circumstances do not exist to justify the development.
Framework references: 138, 147, 149, 150
Plan policies cited: Policy PP2, Policy PP35
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.