Battle Farm, Throop, DORCHESTER, DT2 7JD

the change of use of agricultural buildings to Use Class B8 (storage or distribution)

Authority: Dorset
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Bore J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the scheme on the character and use of the local rural road network

What decided it

The proposed development would significantly erode the rural character and beauty of the local lanes and undermine their recreational use, conflicting with local plan policies that direct employment development to the most sustainable locations.

Plan policies cited: Policy E, Policy CO, Policy LD, Policy IAT

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