Land off Christchurch Road, West Parley, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH23 6BB

Planning appeal 3364875 at Land off Christchurch Road, West Parley, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH23 6BB (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) was dismissed on 4 November 2025 by Inspector Pickernell E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and the relevant development plan policies.

change of use from agricultural to dog day care and erection of associated buildings and infrastructure

Authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Pickernell E
Postcode: BH23 6BB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and the relevant development plan policies
The effect of the proposal on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness or any other harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would harm openness, and the economic and social benefits do not clearly outweigh this harm to amount to very special circumstances.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy KS3
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 142Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 143

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