®Planning appeal decision
Land to the South of Ringwood Road, Alderholt, Dorset, SP6 3DF
a mixed use development of up to 1,700 dwellings including affordable housing and care provision; 10,000sqm of employment space in the form of a business park; village centre with associated retail, commercial, community and health facilities; open space including the provision of suitable alternative natural green space (SANG); biodiversity enhancements; solar array, and new roads, access arrangements and associated infrastructure
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Bore J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Housing land supply and the general policy context
- The location of the development, having regard to the distances that would be travelled to employment, retail and social facilities
- The effect of the scheme on the highway network
What decided it
The additional traffic generated by the development would be loaded onto a poor, inadequately connected rural road network causing seriously negative consequences for highway safety, congestion and inconvenience that could not be adequately mitigated.
The substantial benefits of the scheme, including the delivery of 1,700 homes, affordable housing and village facilities, were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts on highway safety, congestion and inconvenience arising from the scheme's location and road network deficiencies.
Framework references: 11, 109, 77, 226
Plan policies cited: Policy KS2, Policy KS9, Policy KS11, Policy HE3, Policy ME1, Policy ME2, Policy KS7, Policy LN7, Policy PC5, Policy LN3, Neighbourhood Plan Policy 7
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.