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Split Decision2 March 20223267880

Post Box, Buttons Meadow, Charsfield, IP13 7QE

Planning appeal 3267880 at Post Box, Buttons Meadow, Charsfield, IP13 7QE (East Suffolk) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 2 March 2022 by Inspector Pannell G, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether there is an essential need for a dwelling to accommodate a rural worker.

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
Postcode
IP13 7QE

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

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SCLP3.3Policy SCLP5.3Policy SCLP5.6
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 80

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