®Planning appeal decision
Poppies Farm , Pound Lane , Hurst Wokingham , RG10 0RS
application for an agricultural worker’s dwelling (mobile home) (retrospective)
- Authority
- Wokingham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Change of use
- Inspector
- White P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether there is an essential need for a mobile home to accommodate a rural worker for a temporary period of 3 years (Appeals A and B)
- whether there is a need for the two modular agricultural buildings and associated hardstanding (Appeal C)
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area (Appeals A, B and C)
- the personal circumstances of the appellant (Appeals A and B)
What decided it
The Inspector's finding that there was an essential functional need for year-round rural worker accommodation and for the modular agricultural buildings to support the livestock enterprise, with a realistic prospect of viability within three years.
the identified essential need for rural worker accommodation and agricultural buildings outweighed the limited harm from the site's poor sustainable transport connectivity, rendering that matter neutral in the overall balance
Framework references: 84, 88
Plan policies cited: CS Policy CP11, CS Policy CP1, CS Policy CP3, CS Policy CP6, MDD LP Policy TB21
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.