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

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

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

Framework references: 174, 180, 80

Plan policies cited: Policy SUS2, Policy HOUS6

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