®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed6 August 20213272236
Moys Hill Farm , The Strand, Westbury on Severn , Gloucester , Gloucestershire, GL14 1PG
for the erection of a rural managers dwelling
- Authority
- Forest of Dean District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Rennie S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether, having regard to national planning policy that seeks to avoid isolated new homes in the countryside and inaccessible rural locations, there is an essential functional and financial need for a rural worker to live permanently at or near their place of work
What decided it
The absence of an essential functional and financial need for a rural worker to live permanently at the farm.
the limited benefits of the single dwelling (supporting the farm and reducing car trips) were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm of an unjustified new dwelling in an isolated countryside location
Framework references: 80
Plan policies cited: Policy CSP.4, Policy CSP.5, Policy AP.1, Policy CSP.1
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.