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Allowed24 June 20243327692

Portland Port, Castletown, Portland, Dorset, DT5 1PP

Planning appeal 3327692 at Portland Port, Castletown, Portland, Dorset, DT5 1PP (Dorset) was allowed on 24 June 2024 by Inspector Griffiths P, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Waste policy and need.

Development of an energy recovery facility with ancillary buildings and works including administrative facilities, gatehouse and weighbridge, parking and circulation areas, cable routes to ship berths and existing off-site electrical sub-station, with site access through Portland Port from Castletown

Authority
Dorset
Appeal type
other · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
utilities-energy · Unknown
Inspector
Griffiths P
Postcode
DT5 1PP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Waste policy and need
  • Heritage
  • Landscape

What decided it

The public benefits of the proposal (heritage mitigation, job creation, electricity generation/shore power, carbon reduction) were found to outweigh the 'less than substantial' heritage harm to the Grade II listed Dockyard Offices.

the public benefits of the proposal outweigh the 'less than substantial' harm to the designated heritage assets, so the Framework's heritage balance is favourable to the proposal

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 1Policy 4Policy 6Policy 12Policy 14Policy 18Policy 19Policy INT1Policy ENV1Policy ENV4Policy Port/EN4Policy Port/EN5Policy Port/EN7LP Policy ECON2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 48Paragraph 56Paragraph 57Paragraph 208

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