®Planning appeal decision
St. Peters Church Hall, 10 Chapel Road, POOLE, BH14 0JU
demolish Church Centre and replace with a new development of 4 houses with associated parking
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Aqbal M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the provision of community facilities or services
- The effect upon the integrity of the Dorset Heathlands Special Protection Area, Ramsar Site, and the Dorset Heaths Special Area of Conservation and the Poole Harbour SPA and Ramsar Site
What decided it
The substantial weight afforded to the previous dismissed appeal decision, combined with the community benefits from the church reordering project and new housing provision, outweighed the loss of the community facility and satisfied Policy PP26(3).
The benefits of the church reordering project at St Peter's Church and the provision of four new dwellings outweighed the loss of the Church Centre as a community facility, particularly given the availability of alternative facilities including St Peter's Church itself and other nearby spaces within the area.
Plan policies cited: Policy PP26(3), Policy PP32, Policy PP39
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.