®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed30 June 20253361960
Land South East of Down Farm, Beaminster Down, Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3SG
‘Retain open fronted timber shelter, 2no. small wooden barns, wooden chicken coop & goat house. Reinforcement of existing track’
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Marigold O
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal development would accord with the Council's settlement strategy including its effect on the character and appearance of the area, which lies within the Dorset National Landscape, also known as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
What decided it
The loss of agricultural justification for the structures, combined with their harmful visual impact on the character and appearance of the National Landscape, meant the development could not accord with the settlement strategy and local plan policies protecting the AONB.
Plan policies cited: Policy SUS2, Policy ECON9, Policy ENV1, Policy ENV10, Policy ENV12
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.