Planning appeal decision
607-609 Charminster Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9RH
Planning appeal 3341592 at 607-609 Charminster Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9RH (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) was dismissed on 5 September 2024 by Inspector Roberts G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the condition is reasonable and necessary in the interests of protecting visual amenities and highway safety.
Installation of a vehicular crossover for joint driveway
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Roberts G
- Postcode
- BH8 9RH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the condition is reasonable and necessary in the interests of protecting visual amenities and highway safety
What decided it
The condition is necessary to prevent harmful reversing movements on a busy classified road and to preserve the character of the streetscene through retention or replacement of boundary walls.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 8.2 of the Bournemouth District Wide Local Plan (2002)Policy CS41 of the Bournemouth Local Plan: Core Strategy (October 2012)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 55Paragraph 57
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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