®Planning appeal decision
55 Farm Road, West Moors , Dorset, BH22 0JE
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
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.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy ME2 of the Christchurch and East Dorset Local Plan, Part 1 – Core Strategy (adopted April 2014)
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.