Holly Hedge, Verwood Road, Three Legged Cross, BH21 6RJ

stable block, movable refuge and new boundary fence to paddock

Authority: Dorset
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: agricultural · Change of use
Inspector: Davies H

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the fence is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework, including the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
The effect of the fence on the character and appearance of the area
If the fence is found to be inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development

What decided it

The fence significantly closes down the visual openness of the site and fails to preserve the openness of the Green Belt as required by Framework paragraph 149b, and the other considerations cited do not clearly outweigh this substantial harm.

Framework references: 149, 150

Plan policies cited: Policy KS3, Policy HE2, Policy HE3, Policy HD2, Policy HD3

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