Maple Field Farm, Martin Road, Martin, Hampshire, SP6 3LR

convert redundant agricultural building into two holiday units, add pergolas and bay windows, demolish existing polytunnel

Authority: New Forest District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Other minor developments
Inspector: Tucker A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether there would be likely to be a significant effect on the internationally important features of the New Forest European Site and the Avon Valley European Site, in combination with other plans and projects
Whether the site is suitably located for the development proposed, with regard to local planning policy

What decided it

The proposal would be likely to have a significant effect on the integrity of the Avon Valley European Site due to increased wastewater phosphorus levels, with no robust mechanism secured to avoid adverse effects on the site's integrity.

Plan policies cited: Policy ENV1, Policy STR3, Policy DM13, Policy DM22, Policy DM20, Policy ENV3, Policy STR2

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