Safari Engineering Ltd, Eversley Centre, Eversley, HOOK, RG27 0LU

use of land for the siting of a mobile home for residential purposes

Authority: Hart District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Harrington S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the integrity of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area
Whether there is an essential need for a rural worker to live permanently at the appeal site
Whether the proposal provides for sustainable modes of transport

What decided it

The Unilateral Undertaking did not provide sufficient certainty that SPA mitigation (SANG/SAMM) would be effectively secured and delivered, so the proposal's effect on the SPA's integrity could not be ruled out as unacceptable.

the demonstrated essential need for a rural worker, sustainable transport provision and personal circumstances did not outweigh the harm from inadequately secured SPA mitigation, so the appeal was dismissed

Plan policies cited: Policy NBE3, Saved Policy NRM6, Policy SS1, Policy NBE1, Policy INF3, saved policy GEN1

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