®Planning appeal decision
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Provision of a dwelling (temporary), and the change of use of land, alteration/improvement of existing barn to stabling, ménage and equine working school, erection of additional stables, siting of ancillary equipment and associated hard and soft landscaping
- Authority
- East Suffolk
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Pannell G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether there is an essential need for a dwelling to accommodate a rural worker
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate an essential functional need for a rural worker to live permanently on the appeal site, as the risks to horse welfare and the therapy business could be adequately mitigated without an on-site dwelling.
the conflict with the development plan and the lack of demonstrated essential need for the temporary dwelling was not outweighed by any other considerations, including the Framework, so that element was dismissed, while the change of use element, causing no harm, was allowed
Framework references: 80
Plan policies cited: Policy SCLP3.3, Policy SCLP5.3, Policy SCLP5.6
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