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Planning permission granted4 July 20253361431

Land Opposite Pound Farm at Uppington, Wimborne, BH21 7HP

Planning appeal 3361431 at Land Opposite Pound Farm at Uppington, Wimborne, BH21 7HP (Dorset) was allowed on 4 July 2025 by Inspector Satheesan R, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

• 1. Without planning permission, the construction of a barn in the approximate position shown marked with brown hatching on the attached plan” (“the Alleged Development”). 2. Without planning permission, the material change of use of land from agriculture to a mixed use for agriculture, the keeping of two horses and storage

Authority
Dorset
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
agricultural · Other minor developments
Inspector
Satheesan R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether or not the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
  • The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
  • The effect of the development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with particular regard to noise, odour and disturbance

What decided it

The barn qualified for the Green Belt exception for agricultural buildings under paragraph 154(a) of the Framework and, subject to a condition restricting its use for livestock or slurry storage, caused no harm to character/appearance or to neighbours' living conditions.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy KS3Policy KS2Policy HE1Policy HE2Policy HE3Saved policy DES2 of the East Dorset Local Plan 2002
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 153Paragraph 154
Judgments
R (Marshall) v East Dorset District Council [2018] EWHC 226 (Admin)

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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