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Allowed5 July 20243334527

Land South of Gillett Road, Talbot Village, Poole, Dorset, BH12 5HT

Planning appeal 3334527 at Land South of Gillett Road, Talbot Village, Poole, Dorset, BH12 5HT (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) was allowed on 5 July 2024 by Inspector Cliff D, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development upon (i) Talbot Heath and consequently the integrity of the Dorset Heathland Special Protection Area (SPA), Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Ramsar, Bourne Valley Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Talbot Slopes Cutting Site of Nature Conservation Interest (SNCI) and (ii) green infrastructure.

described in the application form as: ‘Hybrid application: Full - Construction of a new qq,606 sq metre Nuffield Health Hospital with provision of access, servicing and car parking, cycle and pedestrian provision and landscaping. Outline - Provision of 13,394 sq metre of employment, healthcare and university-related floorspace, including ancillary uses and a Growing Hub. Change of use: Of 12 hectares of grazing land to create a Heathland Support Area for the lifetime of the Innovation Quarter.’

Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Appeal type
other · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
employment-industrial · Unknown
Inspector
Cliff D
Postcode
BH3 7AH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposed development upon (i) Talbot Heath and consequently the integrity of the Dorset Heathland Special Protection Area (SPA), Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Ramsar, Bourne Valley Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Talbot Slopes Cutting Site of Nature Conservation Interest (SNCI) and (ii) green infrastructure
  • whether the proposed car parking provision for the hospital is satisfactory having particular regard to sustainable transport objectives
  • whether the proposed hospital would accord with Policy PP21(2) of the Local Plan, with particular regard to whether it would help support the role and function of the universities
  • the effect on the setting and significance of designated heritage assets comprising (i) the Fern Barrow Scheduled Monument and (ii) the Talbot Village Conservation Area and the listed buildings within it

What decided it

The very substantial economic, social and environmental public benefits of the scheme, together with effective mitigation of habitat and heritage harm, outweighed the identified less than substantial heritage harm and the moderate harm from car park overprovision.

The less than substantial harm to heritage assets and the moderate harm from hospital car parking overprovision were outweighed by the very substantial economic benefits and significant social and environmental benefits of the scheme, tipping the balance in favour of allowing the appeal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy PP21(2)(b)Policy PP21(3)(c)Policy PP21(1)(a)Policy PP24(2)(b)Policy PP32Policy PP33Policy PP35Policy PP30
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 188Paragraph 114Paragraph 205Paragraph 202Paragraph 57Paragraph 56

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