Ammonite, Lower Sea Lane, BRIDPORT, Dorset, DT6 6LR

Alterations to extant permission (ref: P/FUL/2023/00021) to include a first floor room and year round holiday accommodation

Authority: Dorset
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Rose C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, having regard to whether it would conserve and enhance the landscape and scenic beauty of the Dorset National Landscape and whether it would safeguard the Outstanding Universal Value of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site

What decided it

The two-storey upward extension would extend built form beyond Lower Sea Lane into open land, eroding the open landscape character and disrupting views, thereby failing to conserve the National Landscape and World Heritage Site to which great weight must be given.

Plan policies cited: Policy ENV1, Policy EN10, Policy ENV12, Policy ECON6, Policy SUS2, Policy NE1, Policy NE2, Policy NE3, Policy H1, Policy H4, Policy H5

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