®Planning appeal decision
Os Field No. 4793, Stone Allerton Drove, Stone Allerton, Axbridge, Somerset , BS26 2NR
to erect an agriculturally tied workers dwelling on the site adjacent to the farm buildings
- Authority
- Sedgemoor District Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Jones RE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether there is sufficient justification for a permanent agricultural workers' dwelling at the site, having regard to policies which seek to restrict rural development
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- the effect of the proposed dwelling on the integrity of the protected sites
What decided it
The lack of sufficiently detailed and secured mitigation meant the proposal could not be shown to avoid an adverse effect on the integrity of the Somerset Levels and Moors Ramsar/SPA.
the significant weight attached to the essential agricultural need for the dwelling did not outweigh the substantial harm to the integrity of the protected sites
Plan policies cited: Policy S2, Policy CO1, Policy D10, Policy D19, Policy D20
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