Planning appeal decision
Battle Farm, Throop, Dorchester, DT2 7JD
Planning appeal 3325979 at Battle Farm, Throop, Dorchester, DT2 7JD (Dorset) was dismissed on 22 March 2024 by Inspector Bore J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the scheme on the character and use of the local rural road network.
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
- Postcode
- DT2 7JD
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EPolicy COPolicy LDPolicy IAT
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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