®Planning appeal decision
Land at Lovesome Hill, North Yorkshire, DL6 2PB
without planning permission, the material change of use of the land for the siting of a prefabricated unit for residential use known as Ashle Cottage as indicated with a blue line on the attach ed plan
- Authority
- Hambleton District Council *
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Franks Z
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development is on a suitable site for housing having regard to the proximity of services
- Whether there is an essential need for a dwelling to accommodate a rural worker
What decided it
The absence of evidence demonstrating an essential need for a rural worker to live continuously on the site, combined with the availability of the appellant's adjoining property and lack of evidence regarding commercial viability and alternative accommodation options, means the development fails to meet Policy HG4 requirements.
Plan policies cited: Policy S1, Policy S5, Policy S3, Policy HG4
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