®Planning appeal decision
Filleybrook Farm, Shutes Lane, Buckhorn Weston, GILLINGHAM, SP8 5LQ
the erection of an agricultural worker’s dwelling
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cryan M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether, having regard to local and national planning policies which seek to avoid isolated new homes in the countryside, there is a justified essential need for a rural worker to live permanently at or near their place of work
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate a justified essential need for a permanent agricultural worker's dwelling, principally due to unproven long-term economic viability of the enterprise and a dwelling larger than the minimum size necessary.
The proposal conflicted with the development plan and no material considerations, including sympathy for the appellant's personal circumstances, were sufficient to outweigh that conflict.
Framework references: 80
Plan policies cited: Policy 20, Policy 24, Policy 33
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