®Planning appeal decision
Land Ne of Pee Wee Cottage, Horton Road, Horton Heath, Wimborne, BH21 7JR
Planning appeal 6007412 at Land Ne of Pee Wee Cottage, Horton Road, Horton Heath, Wimborne, BH21 7JR (Dorset) was dismissed on 31 July 2026 by Inspector AJ Sutton, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the revised National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
Sever land and erection of a pair of semi-detached houses to the north-east of Pee Wee Cottage
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Inspector
- AJ Sutton
- Postcode
- BH21 7JR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the revised National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The substantial weight attached to the harm caused by inappropriate development in the Green Belt and loss of openness, which is not clearly outweighed by the housing supply benefits and other considerations, even when taken together.
The considerable social, economic and environmental benefits of providing two new family homes in a context of critically low housing land supply do not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy KS2 of the Christchurch and East Dorset Local Plan Part 1 Core Strategy
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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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