®Planning appeal decision
Land at Ferryman's Way, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9GE
described on the application form as ‘... the demolition of all existing structures and redevelopment of the site for the construction of residential apartments...
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Bristow T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The main issues are the effects of the proposal on employment land availability and whether any vulnerability to flooding would be suitably addressed.
What decided it
The significant harm arising from the loss of employment land under Policy ECON3, combined with unresolved vulnerability to flooding and failure of the sequential test, outweighed the limited benefits of the scheme.
The limited environmental, economic and social benefits of the housing scheme were outweighed by the significant harm from loss of employment land and vulnerability to flooding, tipping the balance against the appeal despite the proposal being otherwise acceptable in terms of character, living conditions and access.
Framework references: 11, 81, 124, 130, 159, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 167
Plan policies cited: Policy ECON3, Policy ECON2, Policy SUS1, Policy HOUS1, Policy ENV5, Policy ENV12, Policy ENV16
Judgments cited: Crystal Property (London) Ltd. v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Anor [2016] EWCA Civ. 1265; R v Newbury District Council ex parte Chieveley Parish Council [1998] JPL 1137
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.