Manor Farm Holiday Centre, The Street, Charmouth, BRIDPORT, DT6 6QL

provision of 23 static caravans on permanent bases

Authority: Dorset
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Aqbal M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area including the Dorset Area of Natural Beauty (AONB)
The quality of the proposed accommodation for its occupiers
Whether the proposal would result in flooding
The effect of the proposal on land stability
The effect of the proposal on highway safety

What decided it

The site-specific circumstances of the appeal site's location between existing development and the A35, combined with the economic benefits to the visitor economy and environmental improvements, were sufficiently forceful to outweigh the harm to the Dorset National Landscape and conflict with the development plan.

Plan policies cited: LP Policy ECON7, LP Policy ENV1, LP Policy ENV10, LP Policy ENV12, LP Policy ENV5, LP Policy ENV7, LP Policy ENV16, LP Policy COM7, NP Policy NE1, NP Policy NE2, NP Policy NE6

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
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Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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