Forest Farm, Barnes Lane, Milford-On-Sea, SO41 0RR

change of use of land for use as storage - open storage, shipping containers and vehicles

Authority: New Forest
Appeal type: Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: employment-industrial
Postcode: SO41 0RR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the appeal use is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies, including the effect on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
whether the use is appropriate in its rural setting, with particular regard to development plan policies governing the countryside and the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The benefits arising from farm diversification and the contribution to a diverse and thriving local economy, supported by Framework paragraph 88b enabling agricultural diversification, outweighed the extent of development plan conflict identified.

The development plan conflict arising from the scale and appearance of the storage use not being appropriate in its rural setting was outweighed by the benefits of farm diversification necessary for the agricultural site to survive and the contribution to local economic needs, supported by Framework paragraph 88b.

Framework references: 154, 88

Plan policies cited: Policy ENV2, Policy STR4, Policy STR3, Saved Policy CS21, Policy DM22, Policy ENV3, Policy ENV4, Policy STR1

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