®Planning appeal decision
Maan Farm, Southam Road, Near Broadwell, Near Rugby, Rugby, CV23 8HN
Planning appeal 3266487 at Maan Farm, Southam Road, Near Broadwell, Near Rugby, Rugby, CV23 8HN (Rugby Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 16 June 2021 by Inspector Willows P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Barn: the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area; whether the erection of the barn conflicts with local and national policies aimed at protecting the countryside.
Without planning permission the erection of a barn identified by blue edging on the attached plan and dwelling house identified by blue hatching blue edging on the attached plan1
- Authority
- Rugby Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Willows P
- Postcode
- CV23 8HM
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Barn: the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area; whether the erection of the barn conflicts with local and national policies aimed at protecting the countryside
- Dwelling: the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area; whether the location is an appropriate one for a dwelling, having regard to local and national policies which seek to avoid dwellings in isolated locations, and whether the occupiers of the dwelling would be over-reliant on the private car in order to access day-to-day services; whether any harm arising from the development is outweighed by other material considerations
What decided it
The dwelling is in an isolated countryside location requiring over-reliance on private car transport, conflicting with Policy GP2 and NPPF paragraph 79, and the claimed essential need for a rural worker's dwelling is not supported by sufficient evidence of a clearly established business need.
The limited benefits of providing a single new dwelling were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm to character and appearance, conflict with countryside protection policies, and the unsustainability of the location, even applying the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11 due to the absence of a five-year housing land supply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GP2Policy H3Policy GP1Policy NE1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 127Paragraph 79Paragraph 11
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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