Mowbrey Park, Scate Moor Lane, Whixley, YO26 8FJ

Planning appeal 3298965 at Mowbrey Park, Scate Moor Lane, Whixley, YO26 8FJ (Harrogate Borough Council *) was allowed on 13 September 2022 by Inspector Morgan R, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue is whether the proposed agricultural workers' dwelling is justified by the needs of the existing business at the site, having regard to policies which seek to restrict development in the countryside.

erection of an agricultural workers dwelling

Authority: Harrogate Borough Council *
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: agricultural · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Morgan R
Postcode: YO26 8FJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The main issue is whether the proposed agricultural workers' dwelling is justified by the needs of the existing business at the site, having regard to policies which seek to restrict development in the countryside.

What decided it

The Inspector's finding that a clearly established functional and financial need for a full-time rural worker's dwelling existed, satisfying the criteria of Policy HS9.

The scale and countryside impact of the dwelling were found acceptable and proportionate to the established agricultural need, so the proposal accorded with the development plan and was allowed without any competing harms outweighing this finding.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy GS3Policy HS9Policy HS5Policy HP3Policy NE4
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 80Paragraph 112

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