Land at Parkhill, Woolaston, Lydney, Gloucester, GL15 6PX

siting of a temporary rural worker’s dwelling for three years, treatment plant, stables and hay barn, use of an existing access

Authority: Forest of Dean District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: agricultural · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Parker R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether there is an essential need for a rural worker to live at the site, taking into account evidence on the future viability of the enterprise

What decided it

The financial evidence was not sufficiently robust to demonstrate that the equestrian enterprise would become viable and remain so, undermining the case for an essential functional need to live on site.

The adverse impacts of conflict with the development plan and national countryside policy significantly and demonstrably outweighed the economic and social benefits of the proposal, so it did not constitute sustainable development

Framework references: 80, 15, 84

Plan policies cited: Policy CSP.4, Policy CSP.1, Policy AP1

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