Planning appeal decision
Quayside Poole Car Park, Poole Harbour, Poole, BH15 1ZB
Planning appeal 3343163 at Quayside Poole Car Park, Poole Harbour, Poole, BH15 1ZB (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) was allowed on 10 June 2025 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the car park use preserves or enhances the character or appearance of the Conservation Area.
Continued use of land as Car Park. Renewal of Planning Permission APP/11/00763/C
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hocking P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the car park use preserves or enhances the character or appearance of the Conservation Area
- whether the car park use results in the harmful over provision of car parking in the area
- whether the car park use is harmful to the regeneration of the town centre
What decided it
The temporary car park use preserves the character and appearance of the Conservation Area and does not harmfully over-provide parking or impede town centre regeneration.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PP27Policy PP30Policy PQF3Policy PQF4Policy PQF8Policy PQF10
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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