®Planning appeal decision
54 Pinehurst Road, West Moors, FERNDOWN, BH22 0AP
sever plot, demolish garage and erect bungalow
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Rose C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the relationship of the proposed development to trees, with particular regard to the living conditions of future occupiers
- the proposal on the integrity of the New Forest Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area and Ramsar (the New Forest Heaths)
What decided it
The relationship of the proposed development to the protected oak trees would result in poor living conditions for future occupiers through heavy shading and detritus, conflicting with Policy HE2 and the Framework's requirement for high amenity standards.
the limited benefits from a single dwelling were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm to living conditions from tree canopy coverage and the uncertain mitigation of harm to the New Forest Heaths
Framework references: 11, 15
Plan policies cited: Policy HE2 of the Christchurch and East Dorset Local Plan – Core Strategy April 2014, Saved Policy DES7 of the East Dorset Local Plan January 2002, LP Policy ME1
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.