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Planning permission granted10 September 20243340605

Church Farm West, Bramshill Road, Hook, RG27 0PS

Planning appeal 3340605 at Church Farm West, Bramshill Road, Hook, RG27 0PS (Hart District Council) was allowed on 10 September 2024 by Inspector Steen A, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the residential use of the caravans is in a suitable location in terms of access to services and facilities, or whether there is an essential need for workers to be accommodated at the farm.

without planning permission, the material change of use of the Land from agriculture to a mixed use for agriculture, the stationing of caravans for residential occupation and the erection of six utility sheds used in association with the unauthorised residential use

Authority
Hart District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector
Steen A
Postcode
RG27 0PS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the residential use of the caravans is in a suitable location in terms of access to services and facilities, or whether there is an essential need for workers to be accommodated at the farm
  • The effect of the caravans and utility sheds on the intrinsic character and beauty of the landscape
  • The effect of the development on the Bramshill Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area (SPA)
  • Whether there are other material considerations (such as need for seasonal accommodation for agricultural workers) that would outweigh any harm

What decided it

The fallback position under Article 3 and Class A, Part 5, Schedule 2 of the GPDO for seasonal agricultural worker caravan use carried great weight and was sufficient to outweigh the development plan conflict.

the harm to the intrinsic character and beauty of the landscape and conflict with Policies SS1, NBE1 and SD1 were outweighed by the fallback position under the GPDO, which carried great weight, once potential SPA effects were mitigated by condition and part of the unilateral undertaking

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SS1Policy NBE1Policy ED1Policy SD1Policy NRM6Policy NBE3Policy NBE4
Judgments
People Over Wind, Peter Sweetman v Coillte Teoranta in the Court of Justice of the European Union on 12 April 2018, case reference C-323/17

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