®Planning appeal decision
Wilksworth Farm Caravan Park Ltd, Cranborne Road, Furzehill, Wimborne, BH21 4HW
the provision of 33 holiday lodges to replace the existing 60 touring caravan pitches
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Jones M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (2023)
- the effect of the proposal on the Grade II* listed building Wilksworth Farmhouse and the Grade II listed building Granary 30 Metres South of Wilksworth Farmhouse bearing in mind the special attention that should be paid to the desirability of preserving their settings
- if there is harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would it be clearly outweighed by other considerations, and if so would this amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The permanent nature and consolidated encroachment of 30 bulky holiday lodges would cause greater harm to Green Belt openness than the existing transient touring caravans, and the less than substantial heritage harm to the listed buildings' settings cannot be outweighed by the economic and tourism benefits claimed.
Framework references: 137, 150, 199, 202
Plan policies cited: Policy HE1 of the Core Strategy
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