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Notice upheld20 August 20253342177

Land West of Garston Farm, Fleet Road, Fleet, Dorset, DT3 4DJ

Planning appeal 3342177 at Land West of Garston Farm, Fleet Road, Fleet, Dorset, DT3 4DJ (Dorset) was dismissed on 20 August 2025 by Inspector Hand S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the land has been in mixed use for agricultural and non-agricultural storage, and if so whether planning permission should be granted for that use and the associated structures.

Retention of building for storage

Authority
Dorset
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Hand S
Postcode
DT3 4DJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the land has been in mixed use for agricultural and non-agricultural storage, and if so whether planning permission should be granted for that use and the associated structures

What decided it

The storage units and industrial gates cause less than substantial harm to the setting of listed gate pillars and harm the character and appearance of this sensitive rural location with no offsetting public benefits.

What the Inspector cited

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