®Planning appeal decision
Land East of Mandeville Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9HW
erect up to 32 affordable dwellings (outline application with all matters reserved)
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Nicholls H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would conform to the development plan in terms of scale and location
- the effects of the proposal on the character and visual amenities of the area, including on the Heritage Coast
- whether the proposal would adequately secure the affordable housing
- whether the proposal would be served by an adequate means of surface water drainage
- the effects of the proposal on the Chesil and Fleet Special Protection Area, Special Area of Conservation and Ramsar Sites
- the effects of the proposal on highway safety
What decided it
The proposal conflicts with the development plan when taken as a whole in respect of scale, location, failure to secure affordable housing, and harm to character and visual amenities of the Heritage Coast, and this conflict is not outweighed by the moderate benefit of housing delivery in the context of an adequate five-year housing land supply.
The moderate weight attributed to the delivery of up to 32 dwellings and construction phase economic benefits did not outweigh the conflict with the development plan when taken as a whole.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy SUS2, Policy HOUS2, Policy ENV1, Policy ENV10, Policy ENV5, Policy COM7, Policy CP9, Policy CP11
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.