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• Opportunities for flood water attenuation and storage; and
• Creating a valley landscape that performs the function of a Suitable Alternative Natural
Greenspace‘ (SANG).
Core Strategy Policy CS37: Green Belt
The South East Dorset Green Belt will continue to be designated in the Borough. Within the Green
Belt inappropriate development, including uses of land, will not be permitted. Inappropriate
development will include any development which does not maintain the openness of the land or
which conflicts with the purposes of including land within the Green Belt.
Core Strategy Policy CS39: Designated Heritage Assets
The Local Planning Authority will seek to protect designated heritage assets from demolition,
inappropriate alterations, extensions or other proposals that would adversely affect their
significance. Proposals for development likely to result in substantial harm to, or loss of, Grade II
listed buildings or parks and gardens will only be approved in wholly exceptional circumstances.
Where a proposal for alteration, extension or demolition is likely to affect a designated heritage
asset or its setting, the developer will be required to submit an assessment of that assess and
indicate the impact of the proposal on the asset.
Bournemouth District Wide Local Plan (2002) Policy 3.6: Development in the Countryside
Development that is acceptable in the countryside will be approved providing:
(i) The design of any building is of a high standard and the siting, scale and materials are
appropriate and sympathetic to its setting and to neighbouring buildings;
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
It will not damage the amenities of neighbouring residential properties;
It will not result in excessive traffic generation;
It is, wherever possible and when appropriate, sited to form part of an existing group of
buildings;
It does not involve the loss of any significant tree cover and is accompanied by a landscaping
scheme;
It is enclosed by boundaries which will prevent or substantially deter trespass onto
neighbouring farmland or sites of ecological importance;
(vii) Any extension does not materially change the impact of the building on the countryside.
Bournemouth District Wide Local Plan (2002) Policy 3.7: Conversion of Rural Buildings
Planning permission will be granted for the conversion of rural buildings to other uses where the
following criteria are met:
(i) The building is of permanent and substantial construction;
(ii) The proposed conversion does not harm the character or appearance of the building as it
exists or of the area in which it is located;
(iii)
Vehicular access is already available, being convenient and safe to use and either already of
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