®Planning appeal decision
Land to the south of Oakbridge House, Lymore Valley, Milford on Sea, Hampshire, SO41 0TW
a) Without planning permission, the material change of use of agricultural land to use for the stationing of a shepherds hut for the purpose of holiday accommodation; b) Without planning permission, engineering operations to create a new vehicular access off Lymore Valley, within the approximate area marked with an X on the attached site plan; c) Without planning permission, carrying out of an engineering operation in order to recontour site levels to create earth bunds and an area for parking motor vehicles; d) Without planning permission, creation of paths and hardstandings; and e) Without planning permission, operational development to erect fencing, exceeding 1 metre high adjacent to a highway between points Y and Y on the attached plan
- Authority
- New Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Dignan P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the material change of use and operational development constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- Whether the development preserves openness and conflicts with the purposes of including land in the Green Belt
- Whether the development adversely affects the character and appearance of the area
- Whether the development conflicts with the sustainable development strategy of the District
- Whether the time for compliance with the enforcement notice is reasonable
What decided it
The development's status as inappropriate development in the Green Belt that reduces openness and harms local character, with no other considerations sufficient to clearly outweigh this harm and justify very special circumstances.
Plan policies cited: Policy ENV3, Policy STR 1, Policy DM20, Policy DM13, Policy CS19, Policy CCC1, Policy ENV2
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.