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Land and Premises at Brake Hill, Adjacent to Le Beau, Arrowsmith Road, Wimborne, BH21 3BE
Planning appeal 3300393 at Land and Premises at Brake Hill, Adjacent to Le Beau, Arrowsmith Road, Wimborne, BH21 3BE (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) was dismissed on 17 April 2023 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the development is inappropriate development within the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework.
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
- Postcode
- BH21 3BE
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PP2(2)Policy PP34Policy PP35Policy PP27Policy PP28Policy PP37Policy PP32Policy PP39
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 137Paragraph 149
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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