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Dismissed29 September 20223294736

Land Adjacent to Loves Lane, Morcombelake, Dorset, DT6 6DZ

Planning appeal 3294736 at Land Adjacent to Loves Lane, Morcombelake, Dorset, DT6 6DZ (Dorset) was dismissed on 29 September 2022 by Inspector Evans J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the location of the site is suitable for residential development, with particular regard to the accessibility of services and facilities by means other than the private motor vehicle.

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Authority
Dorset
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Evans J
Postcode
DT6 6DZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the location of the site is suitable for residential development, with particular regard to the accessibility of services and facilities by means other than the private motor vehicle
  • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, having particular regard to the location of the site within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

What decided it

The significant and unacceptable environmental harm to the character and appearance of the AONB and the unsuitability of the location for residential development due to poor accessibility to services and facilities, which substantially outweighed the modest social and economic benefits.

The modest social and economic benefits of housing provision and construction activity were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the cumulative environmental harms arising from the location's unsuitability for residential development and the significant harm to the AONB's landscape and scenic beauty.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy INT1Policy SUS2Policy ENV1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11

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