®Planning appeal decision
Land opposite Pound Farm at Uppington, Wimborne, BH21 7HP
• 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.
Framework references: 153, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy KS3, Policy KS2, Policy HE1, Policy HE2, Policy HE3, Saved policy DES2 of the East Dorset Local Plan 2002
Judgments cited: R (Marshall) v East Dorset District Council [2018] EWHC 226 (Admin)
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.