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Dismissed30 July 20243340212

Cradle To Grave, Withysmythe Meadow Stour Lane, Stour Row, Shaftesbury, SP7 0QJ

Planning appeal 3340212 at Cradle To Grave, Withysmythe Meadow Stour Lane, Stour Row, Shaftesbury, SP7 0QJ (Dorset) was dismissed on 30 July 2024 by Inspector Rogers J, 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 national planning policies and the local development strategy.

the siting of a temporary rural worker's dwelling

Authority
Dorset
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
agricultural · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Rogers J
Postcode
SP7 0QJ

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 national planning policies and the local development strategy.

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate an essential functional and financial need for a worker to live permanently on site, as required by Local Plan Policy 33.

The economic, environmental, biodiversity and social benefits of the business, attracting modest to limited weight, did not outweigh the conflict with the development plan as a whole arising from the lack of demonstrated essential need.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 1Policy 20Policy 33
Judgments
Petter and Harris v SSETR and Another (2000) 79 P&CR 214 (the Petter decision)

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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