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Allowed12 August 20213267380

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

Planning appeal 3267380 at Ranger Pigs Ltd, Fotheringhay Lodge, Fotheringhay, Peterborough, PE8 5JD (East Northamptonshire District Council *) was allowed on 12 August 2021 by Inspector Cullen F, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether there is an essential need for a rural worker to live permanently on the site.

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
Postcode
PE8 5JD

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

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 1Policy 3Policy 8Policy 11Policy 13
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 79Paragraph 80Paragraph 105Paragraph 130Paragraph 134Paragraph 174
Judgments
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

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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