®Planning appeal decision
Farley Lodge, 103-105 Bournemouth Road, Poole, BH14 9HR
for proposed alterations to both apartment blocks to construct a fourth & fifth floor of accommodation on each building to create 6 additional apartments in each block (twelve in total), and associated landscaping work
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Shrigley M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The impact of the proposed development on the external appearance of the two buildings to be altered
What decided it
The development would cause substantial harm to the external appearance of the appeal buildings by unduly distorting their well-proportioned proportions through increased height, bulk and mass in a prominent location, which could not be overcome by the housing supply and sustainability benefits cited.
The acknowledged economic and social benefits of boosting housing supply in accessible locations did not overcome the level of visual harm identified when gauging the proposal against the specific prior approval provisions of the GPDO relating to external appearance
Framework references: 130
Plan policies cited: Policy PP27 of the Poole Local Plan
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.