Planning appeal decision
Four Acre Stable, Clewers Hill, Waltham Chase, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 2LN
Planning appeal 3311957 at Four Acre Stable, Clewers Hill, Waltham Chase, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 2LN (Winchester City Council) was dismissed on 4 July 2024 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the site is in a suitable location for a residential mobile home having regard to local and national planning policy.
Without planning permission: (i) The making of a material change of use of the land from an equestrian use of the land for residential purposes through the stationing of a mobile home; (ii) The erection on the land of, outbuildings, kennel, shepherds hut, solar panels, play equipment, trampoline, vehicles, storage containers to facilitate the unauthorised use in (i). (iii) The laying of hard surfacing to facilitate the stationing of a mobile home and the development in (i) and (ii) above
- Authority
- Winchester City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Hocking P
- Postcode
- SO32 2LN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the site is in a suitable location for a residential mobile home having regard to local and national planning policy
What decided it
The site is located in the countryside in an unsustainable location accessed by a long gravel track without proximate services, and the keeping of a horse for recreational purposes does not provide justification for residential occupation or evidence of an operational need for a rural worker to reside there.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy MTRA3Policy MTRA4Policy DM11Policy CP15Policy CP16
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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