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Dismissed20 December 20243314935

Grange Farm, Grange Farm Access Road, Colehill

Planning appeal 3314935 at Grange Farm, Grange Farm Access Road, Colehill (Dorset) was dismissed on 20 December 2024 by Inspector Pipkin R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the use of the track would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and its effect on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it.

Improvement Works to Existing Agricultural Access Track (to include the Provision of 4 Passing Bays) and the Mixed Use of the Track by both Agricultural Vehicles and those Associated with any Planning Permission Granted at Grange Farm, Grange, Colehill

Authority
Dorset
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Other minor developments
Inspector
Pipkin R
Postcode
BH21 4HX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the use of the track would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and its effect on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
  • the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
  • if the proposal is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations and amount to very special circumstances

What decided it

The proposal would fail to preserve the openness of the Green Belt through a material change in use that would not fall within the exceptions in paragraph 154 of the Framework, and no very special circumstances existed to justify the inappropriate development.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy HE3 of the Christchurch and East Dorset Core Strategy 2014
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 153Paragraph 154

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