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Notice upheld2 March 20263338334

Brightfields Farm, Priors Corner, Horton, Dorset, BH21 7EX

Planning appeal 3338334 at Brightfields Farm, Priors Corner, Horton, Dorset, BH21 7EX (Dorset) was dismissed on 2 March 2026 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

without planning permission, the material change of use of open agricultural land to storage of building materials, hot tubs, containers & machinery not associated with the agricultural use of the Land. The unauthorised erection of a temporary storage building with hardstanding base and additional hardstanding track

Authority
Dorset
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector
Buchanan R
Postcode
BH21 7EX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
  • if it is, its effect on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
  • the effect of the development on the landscape character of the area
  • whether other considerations clearly outweigh harm to the Green Belt, and any other harm, so as to amount to very special circumstances required to justify the development

What decided it

The development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing significant harm to openness and landscape character, with no very special circumstances to justify it.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy HE3 of the Christchurch and East Dorset Local Plan Part 1 - Core Strategy April 2014
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 142Paragraph 143Paragraph 154

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