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Split Decision16 April 20253343834

Witzend, Dorrington Fen, Dorrington, Lincolnshire, LN4 3QB

Planning appeal 3343834 at Witzend, Dorrington Fen, Dorrington, Lincolnshire, LN4 3QB (North Kesteven District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 16 April 2025 by Inspector Hunter A, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether there is an essential need for a rural worker to live at the appeal site.

a caravan to form permanent residential unit. Proposed manège/exercise area

Authority
North Kesteven District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Hunter A
Postcode
LN4 3QB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether there is an essential need for a rural worker to live at the appeal site
  • Flood risk

What decided it

The absence of an established essential need for a rural worker to live permanently at the site, compounded by the caravan's failure to pass the flood risk sequential test.

The appellants' human rights and family/education considerations did not outweigh the lack of essential need and the failure to pass the sequential test, so the caravan element was dismissed, while the uncontested manège/exercise area was allowed.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy S1Policy S5Policy S21Policy S23Policy S26Policy S28CLLP Policy S8CLLP Policy 61
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 84Paragraph 170Paragraph 173

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