®Planning appeal decision
The garage between 22 Banks Road and 1 Panorama Road, Poole, BH13 7QE
to add an additional 2 storeys to the existing garage, and other works to create a pair of semi-detached houses
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Evans J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would comply with national and local planning policy which seeks to steer new development away from areas at the highest risk of flooding, and to ensure that the development is flood resilient for its lifetime
- The effect of the proposed development upon the character and appearance of the area
- The impact of the proposal upon the integrity of the Dorset Heathlands habitat sites and upon the Poole Harbour habitat sites
What decided it
The failure to satisfy the Sequential Test for flood risk, combined with the significant harm to character and appearance and the absence of binding mitigation for habitat sites, meant the adverse impacts substantially and demonstrably outweighed the housing benefits.
The benefits of providing two additional high-quality dwellings on a brownfield site and small economic benefits from construction were substantially and demonstrably outweighed by the cumulative significant harms from future flood risk, substantial harm to character and appearance, and the absence of conclusive mechanisms to protect habitat site integrity.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy PP38, Policy PP27, Policy PP28, 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.