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Dismissed5 December 20253365872

Downs Quarry, Kingston Road, Worth Matravers, Dorset, BH19 3JP

Planning appeal 3365872 at Downs Quarry, Kingston Road, Worth Matravers, Dorset, BH19 3JP (Dorset) was dismissed on 5 December 2025 by Inspector Sutton A, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed extension in appeal A would comply with the mineral strategy for the area.

a northern extension of Downs Quarry for the extraction of building stone

Authority
Dorset
Appeal type
other · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
minerals-waste · Mineral working
Inspector
Sutton A
Postcode
BH19 3JP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposed extension in appeal A would comply with the mineral strategy for the area
  • the effect of the proposals on the landscape and scenic beauty in the Dorset National Landscape
  • the effect of the proposals on the living conditions of occupants of neighbouring properties and users of nearby tourism facilities, having regard to amenity

What decided it

The Inspector found that the need for the specific stone at the appeal A site had not been shown to be unmet by allocated or Area of Search sites, and that the proposal would cause significant harm to the landscape and scenic beauty of the Dorset National Landscape without exceptional circumstances to justify major development.

The moderate social, economic and environmental benefits of the scheme were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm to the landscape and scenic beauty of the National Landscape and conflict with the Minerals Strategy, tipping the balance against the proposals.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy PK1Policy PK2Policy SS1Policy SS2Policy RS1Policy DM1Policy DM2Policy DM4Policy MS-5
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 190Paragraph 191

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