Land Adjacent Five Acres, Broad Oak, Odiham, Hook, Hampshire, RG29 1AG

without planning permission:- 1. the change of use of the Land to use for the stationing of a wooden mobile home structure, as shown in the approximate location coloured yellow on the attached plan, used for permanent residential accommodation and associated operational development to facilitate the change of use including:- a. Raised decking and supporting plinth upon which the wooden mobile home structure is located; b. The installation of a vortex sewage treatment plant; c. Two sheds on land adjacent to the wooden mobile home structure; d. Raised flower beds and a small shed to the rear of the wooden mobile home structure

Authority: Hart District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Hearing
Development: agricultural · Change of use
Inspector: Satheesan R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether there is an essential need for a rural worker to live permanently at the site
the effect of the development on highway safety

What decided it

The appellants failed to demonstrate an essential functional and financial need for a rural worker to live permanently on the site, as required by Policy NBE1 and NPPF paragraph 80.

The development was found contrary to the development plan and no material considerations, including the appellants' Article 8/Protocol 1 rights, outweighed this to justify granting planning permission.

Framework references: 80

Plan policies cited: Policy NBE1, Policy INF3

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