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Allowed9 December 20253370051

Land At E 376630 N 130225 Chaffeymoor Farm, New Road , Bourton, Dorset , SP8 5BX

Planning appeal 3370051 at Land At E 376630 N 130225 Chaffeymoor Farm, New Road , Bourton, Dorset , SP8 5BX (Dorset) was allowed on 9 December 2025 by Inspector Rose C, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposed development, with particular regard to the local development strategy and access to services and facilities.

erection of up to 50 dwellings with new cycle/pedestrian link to West Bourton Road and the provision of public open space (outline application to determine access only)

Authority
Dorset
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Rose C
Postcode
SP8 5BX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposed development, with particular regard to the local development strategy and access to services and facilities
  • the effect of the proposed development on the setting of the designated heritage asset forming Chaffeymoor Farmhouse
  • the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d)(ii), and the benefits of housing and affordable housing delivery outweighed the identified heritage and landscape harms.

the significant benefits of market and affordable housing delivery, together with moderate weight given to other public benefits, outweighed the low-end less-than-substantial heritage harm, moderate landscape/character harm and limited weight given to conflict with the local development strategy, so the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
LP Policy 2LP Policy 6LP Policy 20LP Policy 5LP Policy 4LP Policy 24LP Policy 13LP Policy 14LP Policy 15NP Policy 5NP Policy 2NP Policy 1(b)
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 212Paragraph 215Paragraph 110Paragraph 11

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.

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