Bridge Farm, Cards Mill Lane, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset, DT6 6RW

Change of use of agricultural land to caravan/camping site as an existing facility. Construct reception building. Kitchen/shower block, bin store and services roads (Part retrospective). Resubmission following withdrawal of WD/D/16/000730 without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref WD/D/17/002060, dated 12 February 2018

Authority: Dorset
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Other Major Developments
Inspector: Rose C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development would conserve and enhance the landscape and scenic beauty of the Dorset National Landscape

What decided it

The additional pitches would be adequately screened by existing and maturing boundary planting and would be viewed in association with already-consented pitches, resulting in neutral landscape and visual impact that does not harm the Dorset National Landscape.

Framework references: 57, 187, 189

Plan policies cited: Policy ECON7, Policy ENV1, Policy ENV10, Policy UMV4, Policy C1, Policy C2, Policy C4

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
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Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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