®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed13 February 20253343684
Coventry Arms, Mill Street, Corfe Mullen, Dorset, BH21 3RH
alterations to outside space
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Butcher C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the development would be likely to increase the likelihood of flooding in the area
- Would the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The absence of an acceptable Flood Risk Assessment combined with the inappropriate nature of the development in the Green Belt means the identified harms are not clearly outweighed by the material benefits of supporting the public house business.
Framework references: 154, 176
Plan policies cited: Policy KS3, Policy ME6
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.