®Planning appeal decision
Land at and Adjoining Fort Victoria Pier , Westhill Lane , Freshwater , Isle of Wight , PO41 0NA
Planning appeal 3346806 at Land at and Adjoining Fort Victoria Pier , Westhill Lane , Freshwater , Isle of Wight , PO41 0NA (Isle of Wight Council) was dismissed on 6 January 2025 by Inspector Barrett R, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal proposal would be located in an appropriate location, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy.
’proposed Pier Restoration and Shellfish and Fish Landing and Processing Facility, Oyster Nursery, Flexible/ Mixed Use Open Space; Proposed Five Detached Dwellings and Associated Infrastructure and Amenities (readvertised application)’
- Authority
- Isle of Wight Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Barrett R
- Postcode
- PO41 0NA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal proposal would be located in an appropriate location, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy
- The effect of the appeal proposal on the special architectural or historic interest of Fort Victoria, a grade II listed building and designated heritage asset, with particular regard to its setting
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the locality, including its coastline
- Whether the appeal proposal would be located in an appropriate location, having regard to flood risk
What decided it
The cumulative and significant conflict with the development plan—arising from harm to character and appearance, heritage setting, an inappropriate location under the spatial strategy, and failure to pass the flood risk Sequential Test—outweighed the benefits of the scheme.
The benefits of the scheme, taken together and accorded moderate weight, did not outweigh the considerable weight given to heritage harm and the flood risk harm, nor the harm to character and appearance and inappropriate spatial location, so the balance tipped against the proposal and it was found to conflict with the development plan as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP5Policy DM2Policy DM12Policy DM13Policy DM13(b)Policy SP1Policy SP2Policy SP4Policy DM11Policy DM14
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 215Paragraph 110Paragraph 172Paragraph 170-182Paragraph 212
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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