The Croft, Burts Lane, Mannington, WIMBORNE, Dorset, BH21 7JX

to retain and convert an unauthorised building to stables; retain adjacent hardstanding, and extend hardstanding

Authority: Dorset
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Jarratt P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Appeal A Ground (a): (i) Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt; (ii) The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt; (iii) The effect of the proposal on the Dorset Heathlands; (iv) Whether any harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations to amount to very special circumstances.
Appeal B: (i) Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt; (ii) The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt; (iii) Whether any harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations to amount to very special circumstances.

What decided it

Appeal A: the development's status as inappropriate development in the Green Belt with substantial harm to openness and adverse impact on a European wildlife site without mitigation, with no very special circumstances to justify it. Appeal B: the stables fall within the Framework paragraph 149(b) exception as appropriate facilities for outdoor sport and recreation with only modest impact on Green Belt openness.

Framework references: 149, 150, 80, 180

Plan policies cited: Policy KC2 of the Christchurch and East Dorset Core Strategy, Saved South-East Dorset Local Plan Policy CSIDE8

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