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Dismissed30 August 20243334017

Plot 76 Avon Castle Estate, Ringwood, Dorset, BH24 2BP

Planning appeal 3334017 at Plot 76 Avon Castle Estate, Ringwood, Dorset, BH24 2BP (Dorset) was dismissed on 30 August 2024 by Inspector Davies N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy.

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
Postcode
BH24 2BP

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy KS3Policy HE2Policy HE3Policy ME1Saved Policy DES11
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 143Paragraph 152Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155

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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