®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Dibden Golf Course/Rectory Cottage, Main Road, Dibden, SOUTHAMPTON, SO45 5TD
without planning permission, (i) engineering operations, comprising the installation of hard surfacing and formation of earth bunds, and (ii) the material change of use of the land from land without a lawful planning use to the use of the land for the stationing of a caravan/mobile home for residential purposes in the approximate position shaded blue on the plan attached to this Notice
- Authority
- New Forest
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Madge M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the need for the development to be in the National Park
- the effects of the development on character and appearance of the locality
- the effects of the development on living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with regards to noise and activity
- the effects of the development on biodiversity, in particular, on the New Forest Special Protection Area and the Solent and Southampton Special Protection Area
- whether any identified harm would be outweighed by other considerations
What decided it
The lack of an available alternative site for the appellant's family, combined with his personal circumstances, was found to clearly outweigh the limited policy conflict over the need for the site to be located within the National Park.
The negligible physical harm (remediable by condition) and limited policy conflict over locational need were outweighed by the lack of available alternative sites and the appellant's personal circumstances, to which great weight was attributed, tipping the balance in favour of granting permission.
Framework references: 187, 189, 190, 182
Plan policies cited: SP46 (Sustainable Tourism Development), DP31 (Agricultural and Forestry Workers' dwellings), SP19 (New Residential Development in the National Park), SP33 (Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling showpeople), DP2(a), (b) and (c), SP7, SP17, SP33(a), SP33(c) and (d), SP2(f), SP33(e), DP2(e) and (f), SP15, SP33(f), SP5
Judgments cited: Lisa Smith judgement
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.