Meadow View Farm, Bradford Leigh, BA15 2RW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
• The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
• Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, including whether there is an essential need for a dwelling to accommodate a rural worker at the site, so as to amount to very special circumstances necessary to justify it

What decided it

The appellant failed to provide sufficiently transparent and unambiguous evidence to demonstrate an essential need for the agricultural worker's dwelling at the site, so as to amount to very special circumstances clearly outweighing the identified Green Belt and character harm.

Substantial weight given to Green Belt harm, together with modest harm to character and appearance, was not clearly outweighed by the moderate social and economic benefits and the unproven essential need for a rural worker's dwelling, so very special circumstances were not demonstrated.