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Dismissed13 May 20223283261

Priors Rise, Station Road, Stalbridge, Dorset, DT10 2RS

Planning appeal 3283261 at Priors Rise, Station Road, Stalbridge, Dorset, DT10 2RS (Dorset) was dismissed on 13 May 2022 by Inspector Fish A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is justified given its location in the open countryside.

to erect an agricultural building for the storage of feedstuffs, equipment, machinery, materials and the accommodation of livestock

Authority
Dorset
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector
Fish A
Postcode
DT10 2RS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal is justified given its location in the open countryside
  • The effect on the character and appearance of the area
  • The effect on the living conditions of neighbours by virtue of privacy, noise and odour

What decided it

The failure to justify an overriding need for the agricultural building in the open countryside, contrary to Policies 2 and 20 of the North Dorset Local Plan, outweighed the acceptable impacts on character and appearance and neighbours' living conditions.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 2Policy 20Policy 4Policy 24Policy 25
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 84Paragraph 130Paragraph 174

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