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Dismissed12 May 20233313240

Sevengates, Western Street, Over Compton, Dorset, DT9 4QZ

Planning appeal 3313240 at Sevengates, Western Street, Over Compton, Dorset, DT9 4QZ (Dorset) was dismissed on 12 May 2023 by Inspector Blackwell J, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on the integrity of the Somerset Levels and Moors Special Protection Area and the Somerset Levels and Moors Ramsar Site.

erection of an agricultural dwelling. (Amendment to Planning Permission WD/D/17/001001 already built, to amend the garage to be integral rather than external)

Authority
Dorset
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Blackwell J
Postcode
DT9 4QZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the development on the integrity of the Somerset Levels and Moors Special Protection Area and the Somerset Levels and Moors Ramsar Site
  • whether the development meets the requirements of a rural worker dwelling, with particular regard to its size

What decided it

The Inspector could not rule out likely significant adverse effects on the integrity of the Somerset Levels and Moors SPA and Ramsar Site in the absence of secured nutrient mitigation.

the favourable finding on the rural worker dwelling issue did not outweigh the unresolved risk of harm to the integrity of the SPA and Ramsar Site, and no other considerations outweighed this finding

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SUS2Policy HOUS6
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 174Paragraph 180Paragraph 80

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