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Dismissed27 September 20233317593

Land at Cruxton Farm, Cruxton Farm, Cruxton, Dorset, DT2 0BY

Planning appeal 3317593 at Land at Cruxton Farm, Cruxton Farm, Cruxton, Dorset, DT2 0BY (Dorset) was dismissed on 27 September 2023 by Inspector Clark P, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effects of the proposal on the character, appearance and special qualities of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Installation of ground-mounted solar panel photovoltaic solar arrays, substations, inverter stations, security fencing, access tracks, landscaping and other associated works

Authority
Dorset
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
utilities-energy · Other Major Developments
Inspector
Clark P
Postcode
DT2 0EB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effects of the proposal on the character, appearance and special qualities of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
  • The effects of the proposal on the recreational benefit of the Macmillan Way
  • The contribution which the development proposed would make to the accepted national need for renewable energy and the cost of, and scope for meeting the need for it in some other way
  • Any other benefits or disbenefits to be weighed in the planning balance

What decided it

The Secretary of State's finding of great-weight harm to the Dorset AONB, combined with unmitigated harm to the Macmillan Way, meant the case did not demonstrate the exceptional circumstances required to justify major development within the AONB.

Significant weight to renewable energy benefits, moderate weight to biodiversity net gain, and limited weight to temporary nature and economic benefits were outweighed by great weight harm to the AONB, moderate weight harm to the Macmillan Way, and limited weight harm to agricultural productivity, tipping the balance against the proposal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
ENV1(i)COM7(v)ENV10(iii)COM11(i)ENV8ENV2(vi)
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 48Paragraph 56Paragraph 57Paragraph 158Paragraph 163Paragraph 176Paragraph 177Paragraph 182Paragraph 183
Judgments
Midcounties Co-operative Ltd v Wyre Forest DC [2009] EWHC 964; Hubert v Carmarthenshire CC [2015] EWHC 2327 (Admin)

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