®Planning appeal decision
Whiteflood Meadow, Belmore Lane, Owslebury, Hampshire, SO21 1JW
Without planning permission: (i) The material change of use of the land to equestrian; (ii) The erection on the land of buildings to facilitate the unauthorised use in (i)
- Authority
- South Downs
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- White P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development conserves and enhances the natural beauty of the South Downs National Park
- the effect of the development on highway safety
- whether the development conserves and enhances the wildlife of the South Downs National Park
What decided it
The substantial harm to highway safety, arising from inadequate visibility at the byway's junction with Belmore Lane, combined with harm to the natural beauty of the National Park, outweighed the wildlife benefits and tipped the balance against the development.
the significant weight attributed to the wildlife/ecology benefits was outweighed by the substantial weight attributed to harm to landscape/natural beauty and highway safety, so the balance tipped against the development
Plan policies cited: Policy SD4, Policy SD5, Policy SD6, Policy SD20, Policy SD24, Policy SD21, Policy SD2, Policy SD9
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.