®Planning appeal decision
Gaunts Common, Gaunts Common, Dorset, BH21 4JR
change of use from agricultural to 8 no. self-storage (B8 storage only) units
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jones RE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the appeal site is in an acceptable location for the proposed use, with particular regard to its accessibility
- the effect of the proposed use on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposed use on the living conditions of nearby occupiers, with particular reference to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The ability to control the proposed use through planning conditions (limiting daily vehicle movements to 16, restricting to domestic storage, confining hours to 07:00-19:00) provides greater certainty and environmental protection than the existing unfettered agricultural use, which could generate substantially more traffic and operate at any time without restriction.
Framework references: 84, 152, 174, 130, 55
Plan policies cited: Policy KS2, Policy PC4, Policy KS11, Policy HE3, Policy HE2
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