East Luccombe Farm Cottages, Luccombe Holiday Park, Milton Abbas, Dorset, DT11 0BE

‘removal of garage, construction of single storey side extension, construction of first floor extension, construction of a porch, subdivision of dwelling to create two dwellings’

Authority: Dorset
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Kay D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site is in an acceptable location having regard to local and national policy
The effect of the proposals on the character and appearance of the host building
Whether the proposals would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers of house 2 with regards to overbearing, light and privacy

What decided it

The local plan policies restricting countryside development conflict with NPPF paragraph 84(d) which explicitly supports the subdivision of existing residential buildings, and the proposals accord with all other relevant policies on character, appearance and living conditions.

Framework references: 11, 84, 135, 233

Plan policies cited: Policy 1, Policy 2, Policy 20, Policy 24, Policy 25, Policy 28

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