Planning appeal decision
Wycke View Farm Main Road, Mundon, Maldon, CM9 6PB
Planning appeal 3328131 at Wycke View Farm Main Road, Mundon, Maldon, CM9 6PB (Maldon District Council) was allowed on 25 March 2024 by Inspector Price A, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether condition 2 remains necessary, with particular regard to the need for rural workers dwellings in the local area.
Erection of dwelling for agricultural worker without complying with condition 2 of planning permission Ref MAR/253/67, restricting occupation to agricultural/forestry workers
- Authority
- Maldon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Change of use
- Inspector
- Price A
- Postcode
- CM9 6PB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether condition 2 remains necessary, with particular regard to the need for rural workers dwellings in the local area.
What decided it
The absence of substantive evidence demonstrating a current or future need for agricultural/rural workers' accommodation at the site.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H7Policy S8
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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