Planning appeal decision
Bakers Cottage Holtwood, Holt, Wimborne, BH21 7DT
Planning appeal 3294048 at Bakers Cottage Holtwood, Holt, Wimborne, BH21 7DT (Dorset) was dismissed on 13 July 2022 by Inspector Felgate J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed garage constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt and whether very special circumstances exist to justify it.
construction of a detached garage
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Felgate J
- Postcode
- BH21 7DT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed garage constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt and whether very special circumstances exist to justify it
What decided it
The proposed development constitutes inappropriate development in Green Belt terms, and no very special circumstances have been demonstrated to justify it.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CEDLP Policy KS3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 149
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.
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