®Planning appeal decision
Between 22 Banks Road and 1 Panorama Road, Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset, BH13 7QE
Planning appeal 3310118 at Between 22 Banks Road and 1 Panorama Road, Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset, BH13 7QE (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) was dismissed on 29 February 2024 by Inspector Hunter A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development 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.
Conversion and vertical extension of existing domestic garage to create two flats
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hunter A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development 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 on nationally and internationally designated sites
What decided it
The failure to satisfy the Sequential Test for flood risk, combined with the absence of a legally binding mechanism to secure mitigation for European designated sites, meant the substantial harms significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited housing benefits.
The limited benefits of two additional dwellings and support for local services were outweighed by the substantial harm from development in an area at future flood risk and the significant harm from the absence of an appropriate mechanism to protect the integrity of designated habitat sites.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PP38Policy PP32Policy PP39
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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