Bottom Barn, Road Past Crammer Barton, Broadhembury, EX14 3LN

Planning appeal 3276628 at Bottom Barn, Road Past Crammer Barton, Broadhembury, EX14 3LN (East Devon District Council) was dismissed on 23 September 2021 by Inspector Wyborn D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether there is an essential need for a rural worker to be resident on-site in this location.

the use of the land for the stationing of a mobile home to allow for the business manager to live on site and oversee the business property outside operational working hours (retrospective application)

Authority: East Devon District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Other minor developments
Inspector: Wyborn D
Postcode: EX14 3LN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether there is an essential need for a rural worker to be resident on-site in this location

What decided it

The activities on site do not require regular 24-hour attention and security concerns alone, where reasonable practical alternatives exist, do not meet the essential need test for a rural worker dwelling in the countryside.

The support for the established business and the benefits of the security provided by on-site occupation were outweighed by the policy conflict with the countryside location strategy and the failure to demonstrate essential need as defined in Policy H4 and paragraph 80 of the Framework.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy H4Strategy 7Policy TC2Strategy 3
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 80

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