Aubrey Farm, Keyhaven Road, Lymington, SO41 0TH

demolition of 3 no existing agricultural/B8 buildings and the erection of a building for B8 storage and distribution to include associated parking

Authority: New Forest
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Harley S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is an appropriate location for a new building for B8 storage and distribution use in terms of planning policies
The effect of the proposed building on the character and appearance of the area having particular regard to the NFNP and the Keyhaven Conservation Area

What decided it

The material consideration of the fallback position (the 2022 permission for B8 use of the existing cattle barn, which would be more harmful) together with other benefits outweighed the moderate conflict with the development plan.

Framework references: 189

Plan policies cited: Policy SP42, Policy SP49, Policy SP7, Policy DP2, Policy DP42, Policy DP49

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