®Planning appeal decision
Stable building/Accomodation at Parmar Manor, Stratford Road, Loxley, Warwick, CV35 9JR
Planning appeal 3328790 at Stable building/Accomodation at Parmar Manor, Stratford Road, Loxley, Warwick, CV35 9JR (Stratford-on-Avon District Council) was dismissed on 3 November 2025 by Inspector Jones L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether there is an essential need for a rural worker to live permanently at or near their place of work in the countryside, having regard to the needs of the business and the aims of national and local planning policy which seek to avoid isolated homes in the countryside.
without planning permission, the change of use of the former stable building to residential use and the associated operational development, comprised of the insertion of new windows and doors
- Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jones L
- Postcode
- CV35 9JR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether there is an essential need for a rural worker to live permanently at or near their place of work in the countryside, having regard to the needs of the business and the aims of national and local planning policy which seek to avoid isolated homes in the countryside
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether the development provides acceptable living conditions with regard to the provision of internal space
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of the occupiers with regard to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The absence of sufficient evidence to establish an essential functional need for permanent residential accommodation for an agricultural worker at the site, combined with the harmful effect on character and appearance and failure to provide acceptable living conditions.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy AS.10Policy CS1Policy CS.15Policy CS.16Policy H1Policy CS.9Policy CS.12
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 88
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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