Old Brickyard Farm, Shaftesbury Road, Motcombe, SP7 9NP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
• whether the proposed development would be suitably located, having regard to the requirements of the policies of the development plan

What decided it

The unsustainable location of the proposed dwelling outside the settlement boundary, requiring reliance on private vehicles for access to services, combined with significant harm to character and appearance through encroachment into the countryside, outweighed the housing supply benefits when assessed against the Framework.

The adverse impacts of harm to character and appearance and unsustainable location significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of providing one new dwelling, assessed against the Framework taken as a whole with particular regard to key policies for directing development to sustainable locations; the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.