®Planning appeal decision
Vintage Croft Metheringham Fen Lane, Metheringham, Lincolnshire, LN4 3AH
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
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.
Framework references: 84, 88, 89, 170
Plan policies cited: Policy S1, Policy S5, Policy S21
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.