®Planning appeal decision
Land and Premises at Brake Hill, adjacent to Le Beau, Arrowsmith Road, Wimborne, BH21 3BE
Unauthorised development consisting of the erection of a building and its subsequent conversion into 5 dwellings, 3 of which are actively occupied as residential dwellings, 1 which is currently used as an office, and 1 which is currently used for the storage of furniture
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hocking P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the development is inappropriate development within the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework
- whether the site is in a suitable location for residential uses, having regard to local and national planning policy
- whether the development is harmful to the character and appearance of the area
- if the development is inappropriate, 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 development is inappropriate development within the Green Belt that is by definition harmful, and no very special circumstances exist to justify it, particularly given the unsuitable rural location and harm to protected ecological sites.
Framework references: 137, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy PP2(2), Policy PP34, Policy PP35, Policy PP27, Policy PP28, Policy PP37, Policy PP32, Policy PP39
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.