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Dismissed1 May 20253350604

Land East of Mandeville Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9HW

Planning appeal 3350604 at Land East of Mandeville Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9HW (Dorset) was dismissed on 1 May 2025 by Inspector Nicholls H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development would conform to the development plan in terms of scale and location.

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
Postcode
DT4 9HW

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SUS2Policy HOUS2Policy ENV1Policy ENV10Policy ENV5Policy COM7Policy CP9Policy CP11
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11

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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