®Planning appeal decision
Plot 76 Avon Castle Estate, Ringwood, Dorset, BH24 2BP
change of use from agricultural/forestry land to mixed use comprising recreation and leisure use for 110 days per year and all year round forestry maintenance; erection of 1.5m high timber gate on west frontage of plot to form new vehicular access
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Davies N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy
- The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the development on biodiversity
- If the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would harm openness and conflict with Green Belt purposes, and the limited weight afforded to other considerations does not clearly outweigh this harm to constitute very special circumstances.
Framework references: 143, 152, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy KS3, Policy HE2, Policy HE3, Policy ME1, Saved Policy DES11
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.