®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed5 March 20243325123
Sturminster Marshall Golf Club, Moor Lane, Sturminster Marshall, WIMBORNE, BH21 4BD
a 2 storey extension to form enlarged restaurant and function room
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Reeves K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including the effect on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- if the proposed development would be inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposed development
What decided it
The cumulative scale and massing of the proposed extension, when taken with existing extensions, would comprise disproportionate additions over and above the size of the original building and would cause considerable harm to the openness of the Green Belt, which cannot be justified by the other considerations advanced.
Framework references: 154
Plan policies cited: Policy KS3
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.