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Planning permission granted16 January 20253342197

Poppies Farm , Pound Lane , Hurst Wokingham , RG10 0RS

Planning appeal 3342197 at Poppies Farm , Pound Lane , Hurst Wokingham , RG10 0RS (Wokingham Borough Council) was allowed on 16 January 2025 by Inspector White P, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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).

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
Postcode
RG10 0RS

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

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CS Policy CP11CS Policy CP1CS Policy CP3CS Policy CP6MDD LP Policy TB21
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 84Paragraph 88

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