®Planning appeal decision
75 Uppleby Road, POOLE, BH12 3DD
‘Partial demolition of the building, alterations and conversion of the building to a 1 bedroom dwelling with private garden.’
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Sutton A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the integrity of the Dorset Heathland Special Protection Area and Special Area of Conservation and the Poole Harbour Special Protection Area
- The character and appearance of the area
- The living conditions of the occupants of 2a Phyldon Road and 73 Uppleby Road, having regard to privacy
What decided it
The failure to secure a legally sound mitigation agreement to address significant adverse effects on the integrity of protected habitats, combined with significant harm to the character and appearance of the area, outweighed the material benefits of housing delivery in a context of critical housing land supply shortfall.
The substantial benefits of delivering one additional dwelling to address a critical housing land supply shortfall of 1.6 years and the economic and community benefits were outweighed by the significant adverse effects on protected habitats (without secured mitigation) and significant harm to the character and appearance of the area, with paragraph 188 of the NPPF providing a clear reason for refusal.
Framework references: 11, 188
Plan policies cited: Policy PP32, Policy PP39, Policy PP27, Policy PP28, Policy PP2
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.