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Dismissed5 July 20243329214

Nevilles Farm Mill End Green, Great Easton, DUNMOW, CM6 2DW

‘erection of 1no. agricultural worker’s dwelling at Neville’s Farm site’

Authority
Uttlesford District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
agricultural · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Russell M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the development, including whether there is an essential need for a permanent agricultural worker's dwelling
  • the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The absence of an essential need for a permanent agricultural worker's dwelling, combined with significant harm to the character and appearance of the area, outweighed the limited benefits even under the tilted balance.

the adverse impacts of the development, including locational harm and harm to character and appearance, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the other considerations, which attracted only limited weight, despite the tilted balance under paragraph 11(d) being engaged

Framework references: 82, 84, 180, 11

Plan policies cited: Policy S7, Policy GEN1, Policy H12, Policy ENV5

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