®Planning appeal decision
55 Farm Road, West Moors , Dorset, BH22 0JE
Planning appeal 3286052 at 55 Farm Road, West Moors , Dorset, BH22 0JE (Dorset) was dismissed on 20 October 2022 by Inspector Jones RE, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for residential development having regard to its location, and the amount of development, including the effect on the integrity of the Dorset Heathland SPAs and SACs.
erection of single storey dwelling and associated site works
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Jones RE
- Postcode
- BH22 0JE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development having regard to its location, and the amount of development, including the effect on the integrity of the Dorset Heathland SPAs and SACs
What decided it
The absence of any mechanism to securely mitigate the likely significant effects on the Dorset Heathland SPAs and SACs at the permission in principle stage, as mitigation through CIL and planning obligations cannot be secured until the technical details consent stage.
Even if the Council lacked a five-year housing land supply and paragraph 11 of the Framework was engaged, paragraph 11(d)(i) provides a clear reason for refusal due to harm to designated habitat sites (SACs and SPAs), and the presumption in favour of sustainable development is not engaged.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ME2 of the Christchurch and East Dorset Local Plan, Part 1 – Core Strategy (adopted April 2014)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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 appliedThe decision letter
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