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Allowed30 October 20243340899

Land East of Partridge Lane, Newdigate, Surrey, RH5 5BS

Planning appeal 3340899 at Land East of Partridge Lane, Newdigate, Surrey, RH5 5BS (Mole Valley District Council) was allowed on 30 October 2024 by Inspector Rose C, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.

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
Postcode
RH5 5BS

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

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy EC6Policy EC7Policy EC1Policy EC4Policy EN2Policy EN4Policy EN8Policy EN12
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 88Paragraph 84

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