Holly Brow, Hollyhurst road, Marbury, Wrenbury, WHITCHURCH, SY13 4LY

‘application for an essential worker dwelling in association with equestrian stud business.’

Authority: Cheshire East
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: agricultural · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Simpson V

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether there is an essential need for a dwelling to accommodate a rural worker, with regard to local and national development strategies for housing
the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate an essential functional need for a full-time rural worker to live permanently on the site, contrary to NPPF paragraph 84 and SADPD policy RUR3.

no harm was found to character and appearance, but this did not outweigh the conflict with the development plan as a whole arising from the lack of an essential need for the dwelling, so the appeal was dismissed

Framework references: 84

Plan policies cited: Policy PG1, Policy PG2, Policy PG6, Policy SD2, Policy SE1, Policy RUR3, Policy GEN1

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