Ranger Pigs Ltd, Fotheringhay Lodge, Fotheringhay, PETERBOROUGH, PE8 5JD

retrospective application for permission to retain a single residential dwelling in support of the operation of a free range pig farm (personal permission)

Authority: East Northamptonshire District Council *
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: agricultural · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Cullen F

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether there is an essential need for a rural worker to live permanently on the site
The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area and surrounding countryside

What decided it

The appellant's personal circumstances, including his age, financial constraints, established way of life and the lack of suitable alternative accommodation, were found to outweigh the identified conflict with the development plan, justifying a personal planning permission.

the substantial weight given to the conflict with the development plan regarding sustainable patterns of development was outweighed by the significant weight afforded to the appellant's personal circumstances, leading to the appeal being allowed via a personal permission

Framework references: 79, 80, 105, 130, 134, 174

Plan policies cited: Policy 1, Policy 3, Policy 8, Policy 11, Policy 13

Judgments cited: Embleton PC and David Ainsley v Northumberland CC and Ivor Gaston [2013] EWHC 3631; Great Portland Estates Plc v The City Of Westminster [1984] UKHL 10

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