®Planning appeal decision
19a Knighton Lane, Broadmayne, Dorset, DT2 8PH
Planning appeal 3323170 at 19a Knighton Lane, Broadmayne, Dorset, DT2 8PH (Dorset) was dismissed on 7 February 2024 by Inspector Pope N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal accords with development plan policies for the provision of housing and, if not, whether there are any material considerations sufficient to outweigh any conflict.
4 detached bungalows
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Pope N
- Postcode
- DT2 8PH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal accords with development plan policies for the provision of housing and, if not, whether there are any material considerations sufficient to outweigh any conflict
- The likely effect on Poole Harbour SPA and Ramsar Site arising from any increase in phosphate loads
What decided it
The fallback position of an unrestricted number of caravans on the site, which the previous Inspector found to be a realistic and material consideration of much weight, outweighs the conflict with development plan housing policies for the three-bungalow scheme but does not overcome the character and appearance harm arising from four bungalows.
The benefits of housing delivery and the fallback position outweighed the conflict with development plan policies SUS2 and HOU6 for the three-bungalow scheme (Appeal B), but for the four-bungalow scheme (Appeal A) the harm to character and appearance, when weighed against the limited benefits, tipped the balance against permission.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- SUS2HOU6ENV2ENV10ENV12ENV15
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 57
- Judgments
- John Childs v The First Secretary of State and Test Valley Borough Council CO/2689/2005; Brooks and Burton Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment [1977] 1 WLR 1294; Mansell v Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council [2017] EWCA Civ 1314; Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment and Another [1980]
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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