®Planning appeal decision
Wagtails, Chelmsford Road, Purleigh, CM3 6QN
erection of bungalow for smallholding Manager without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref MAR/499/72, dated 4 October 1972
- Authority
- Maldon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Blackwell J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The main issue is whether condition 4 of the Planning Permission remains necessary and reasonable, having regard to the development plan and the need for rural worker dwellings in the local area.
What decided it
The absence of any evidenced demand for the dwelling as agricultural/rural worker accommodation, demonstrated by unsuccessful marketing at a fair price, meant the occupancy condition was no longer necessary or reasonable.
the evidenced lack of demand for agriculturally tied dwellings and absence of landscape harm outweighed the Council's concern that removing the condition could create pressure for further agricultural dwellings in the countryside
Framework references: 80
Plan policies cited: Policy H7, Policy CC16
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