®Planning appeal decision
Mowbrey Park, Scate Moor Lane, Whixley, YO26 8FJ
erection of an agricultural workers dwelling
- Authority
- Harrogate Borough Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Morgan R
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.
Framework references: 80, 112
Plan policies cited: Policy GS3, Policy HS9, Policy HS5, Policy HP3, Policy NE4
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.