®Planning appeal decision
Newton Peveril Farm , Sturminster, Wimborne, Dorset , BH21 4AN
Planning appeal 3361640 at Newton Peveril Farm , Sturminster, Wimborne, Dorset , BH21 4AN (Dorset) was allowed on 4 September 2025 by Inspector Faulkner H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would be located so as to be safe with regard to flood risk and whether it would avoid increasing the risk of flooding elsewhere.
replacement agricultural barn
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Faulkner H
- Postcode
- BH21 4AN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would be located so as to be safe with regard to flood risk and whether it would avoid increasing the risk of flooding elsewhere
What decided it
The sequential test was satisfied because, applying pragmatism to small-scale agricultural development, no sequentially preferable alternative sites were available given the functional need for the barn's location and the practical and environmental disadvantages of the Council's suggested alternative.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ME6 of the Christchurch and East Dorset Local Plan Part 1 – Core Strategy
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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