Funky Griller, 58-61 Westover Road, BOURNEMOUTH, Christchurch Poole, BH1 2BZ

retrospective consent sought for timber pergola and external seating

Authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: retail · Other minor developments
Inspector: Aqbal M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the pergola on the character and appearance of the area, including the setting of the Grade II Listed Royal Bath Hotel and the East Cliff Conservation Area
Highway safety
The effect of the proposed advertisements on visual amenity and public safety

What decided it

The less than substantial harm to the heritage assets and conservation area, when weighed against limited public benefits, outweighs the proposal in accordance with Framework policy requiring great weight to be attached to conservation of designated heritage assets.

The less than substantial harm to the character and appearance of the conservation area and the setting of the listed building, when weighed against the limited public benefits of supporting business viability, tips against the proposal; for the advertisement appeal, the harm to visual amenity from signage C, D and E outweighs any benefits, but signage A and B are acceptable.

Plan policies cited: Policy CS7, Policy CS39, Policy CS40, Policy CS41, Policy D4, Policy U7, Policy T2, Policy T3, Policy CS18

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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