®Planning appeal decision
Knoll House Hotel, Ferry Road, Studland , Dorset , BH19 3AH
Redevelopment of existing hotel to provide new tourist accommodation including: 30 hotel bedrooms, apartment and villa accommodation and associated leisure and dining facilities
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Baugh-Jones H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would conserve and enhance the landscape and scenic beauty of the Dorset Area National Landscape
- its effects on the character of the Purbeck Heritage Coast
- whether the proposed scheme would be of an acceptable design
- its effects on protected trees
What decided it
The unacceptable harm to the Dorset Area National Landscape and Purbeck Heritage Coast, including from major development status and loss of protected trees, which outweighed the scheme's economic benefits and failed the tests in NPPF paragraphs 190 and 191.
The economic and tourism benefits of the redevelopment were outweighed by the great weight given to the harms to the Dorset Area National Landscape and the Purbeck Heritage Coast.
Framework references: 190, 191
Plan policies cited: Policy E1, Policy E12, Policy C1c
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.