Richmond Farm Brickworth Road, Whiteparish, SALISBURY, SP5 2QJ

Change of use from Sui Generis (Equine) to Sui Generis (Car Sales and Repairs) together with the retention of a mobile home to provide onsite security and associated works (retrospective)

Authority: Wiltshire Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Worley E

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the mobile home is in a suitable location for housing, having regard to local and national policies relating to residential development, including an assessment of the needs of the business

What decided it

The mobile home introduces a new residential unit in the open countryside which is not justified by demonstrated essential business need and conflicts with the development plan settlement strategy and sustainability policies.

Framework references: 81, 84

Plan policies cited: Core Policy 1, Core Policy 2, Core Policy 61, Core Policy 51, Core Policy 57, Core Policy 48, Saved Policy C6

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