®Planning appeal decision
Land at East Moors Farm, St Leonards and St Ives, BH24 2SB
Seasonal change of use of the land to allow the erection of up to 6 yurts and 3 temporary eco-compostable loos
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Fish A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to any relevant development plan policy and the National Planning Policy Framework including the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposal having regard to policies relating to development in areas at risk of flooding
- If the proposal is inappropriate development whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The moderate harm to Green Belt openness from introducing nine new structures into a previously undeveloped site, combined with failure to pass the Sequential Test for flood risk, was not clearly outweighed by the limited economic and biodiversity benefits.
Framework references: 84, 145, 147, 148, 149, 150, 168
Plan policies cited: Policy TODEV2 of the East Dorset Local Plan adopted January 2002, Policy ME6 of the Christchurch and East Dorset Local Plan Part 1 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.