Land Adjacent Everglade Farm,, MOUNT PLEASANT LANE,, LYMINGTON, SO41 8LS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• whether the proposed development is within a suitable location having regard to development plan policies governing the countryside
• whether the proposal would conserve and enhance the landscape and scenic beauty of the New Forest National Park (NFNP), including consideration of effects upon tranquillity and trees
• the effect on protected species, with particular regard to great crested newts
• the effect on highway safety, with particular regard to vehicular access to and from the appeal site

What decided it

The proposal's conflict with development plan policies governing countryside location, landscape conservation and protected species, combined with the absence of evidence of housing need or rural worker necessity, substantially outweighed the modest benefit of two additional residential units.

the benefits of providing two additional residential units and associated social and economic benefits, afforded moderate weight, were substantially outweighed by adverse effects including conflict with countryside location policies, harm to landscape and scenic beauty of the National Park, potential harm to protected species, and failure to meet key design principles for well-designed places