®Planning appeal decision
28 Amethyst Road, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 3EA
construction of two storey, 2 bedroom, semi-detached dwelling house with forecourt parking and rear garden
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Leonard S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers of 28 Amethyst Road, with particular reference to outlook impacts
- The effect of the proposal on highway safety, with particular regard to access design
- The effect of the proposal on the integrity of the Dorset Heathlands SPA, Ramsar Site and Dorset Heaths SAC (the European sites)
What decided it
The significant harms to the living conditions of the occupiers of the host property through overbearing outlook impacts and to highway safety through inadequate pedestrian visibility splays substantially and demonstrably outweigh the modest benefits of delivering an additional dwelling, even in the context of a shortfall in five-year housing land supply.
The modest benefits of delivering an additional dwelling and economic and social benefits were afforded moderate weight, but the significant harms to residential amenity and highway safety substantially and demonstrably outweighed these benefits when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole, such that the proposal would not be sustainable development.
Framework references: 11, 8, 60, 69, 110, 112, 130
Plan policies cited: Policy HE2, Policy ME2, Policy KS11, Policy KS12
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.