®Planning appeal decision
Cradle To Grave, Withysmythe Meadow Stour Lane, Stour Row, SHAFTESBURY, SP7 0QJ
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
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.
Plan policies cited: Policy 1, Policy 20, Policy 33
Judgments cited: Petter and Harris v SSETR and Another (2000) 79 P&CR 214 (the Petter decision)
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.