Vintage Croft Metheringham Fen Lane, Metheringham, Lincolnshire, LN4 3AH

Planning appeal 3339346 at Vintage Croft Metheringham Fen Lane, Metheringham, Lincolnshire, LN4 3AH (North Kesteven District Council) was dismissed on 10 January 2025 by Inspector Veevers A, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether there is an essential need for a temporary dwelling in the countryside to accommodate a rural worker, having regard to the local development plan.

to station a static caravan on site for a temporary period (three years) and use as living accommodation

Authority: North Kesteven District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: agricultural · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Veevers A
Postcode: LN4 3AH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether there is an essential need for a temporary dwelling in the countryside to accommodate a rural worker, having regard to the local development plan
whether the site is a suitable location for the development having regard to flood risk

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate an essential need for a rural worker's dwelling on site and failed to show the site would be safe for its lifetime in flood risk terms, resulting in conflict with the development plan as a whole.

The economic and biodiversity benefits of the rural business did not outweigh the lack of demonstrated essential need and the unresolved flood risk/evacuation safety concerns, so the proposal conflicted with the development plan as a whole with no material considerations to indicate otherwise.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy S1Policy S5Policy S21
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 84Paragraph 88Paragraph 89Paragraph 170

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