®Planning appeal decision
Land east of Partridge Lane, Newdigate, Surrey, RH5 5BS
Stationing of 2 No. mobile homes for occupation by agricultural workers for a temporary period of three years. Erection of an agricultural barn and track. Change of use of land from agricultural to mixed use agricultural and commercial equine
- Authority
- Mole Valley District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Change of use
- Inspector
- Rose C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is on land which is in use for agriculture and is an appropriate location for an equine use having regard to local planning policy
- whether the need for new dwellings for land-based workers has been adequately demonstrated
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The demonstration of an essential, year-round functional need for a rural worker to live on site to manage the alpaca breeding enterprise, together with very special circumstances justifying a second dwelling.
the essential agricultural/equine functional need and lack of demonstrated harm outweighed the general presumption against isolated countryside dwellings, and very special circumstances justified the second mobile home
Framework references: 88, 84
Plan policies cited: Policy EC6, Policy EC7, Policy EC1, Policy EC4, Policy EN2, Policy EN4, Policy EN8, Policy EN12
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