Planning appeal decision
Ramsley Southampton Road, Boldre, Lymington, SO41 8PT
Planning appeal 3323688 at Ramsley Southampton Road, Boldre, Lymington, SO41 8PT (New Forest) was dismissed on 29 February 2024 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether condition No.2 is necessary having regard to the objectives of LP Policies SP16, SP17, DP2, DP18 and DP37, as amplified by the Authority's Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document, January 2022.
a detached outbuilding with office over without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 19/00434, dated 17 September 2019
- Authority
- New Forest
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
- Postcode
- SO41 8PT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether condition No.2 is necessary having regard to the objectives of LP Policies SP16, SP17, DP2, DP18 and DP37, as amplified by the Authority's Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document, January 2022
What decided it
The dormer windows render the outbuilding no longer proportionate or clearly subservient in design, scale and massing, creating an unwarranted suburbanising effect that erodes the character of the New Forest contrary to local and national planning policy, and condition No.2 therefore serves a necessary planning purpose.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP16Policy SP17Policy DP2Policy DP18Policy DP37
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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