Planning appeal decision
Byways, Hightown Hill, Ringwood, BH24 3HG
Planning appeal 3339297 at Byways, Hightown Hill, Ringwood, BH24 3HG (New Forest) was dismissed on 12 November 2024 by Inspector Leonard S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the appeal scheme, having regard to the impact of the development on the character and appearance of the New Forest National Park landscape.
Appeal A: erection of a store/tack room, cladded storage container with open fronted tractor store, duck house and pond and hardstanding. Appeal B: construction of a track.
- Authority
- New Forest
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Leonard S
- Postcode
- BH24 3HG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the appeal scheme, having regard to the impact of the development on the character and appearance of the New Forest National Park landscape.
What decided it
The cumulative visual and landscape impact of the built development and its domestic character would materially harm the open, rural character of the New Forest National Park landscape, contrary to development plan policies and NPPF paragraph 182.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- DP2DP18DP37DP45SP4SP7SP15SP17
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 182
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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