®Planning appeal decision
Aweside Farm, The Street, Arlington, BN26 6RU
an ‘agricultural workers dwelling
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether there is an essential need for a rural worker to live permanently at Aweside Farm or should a rural worker live here temporarily for a further period of time
What decided it
The Inspector's finding that there was a clearly established essential functional need for a rural worker to live permanently at Aweside Farm to respond quickly to emergencies threatening the crops, satisfying Policy DC2.
No planning harm was identified; the ecological, energy and housing land supply benefits were noted as supportive but not themselves determinative, and the appeal was allowed because the proposal was found to comply with the development plan as a whole.
Framework references: 84, 11, 58
Plan policies cited: Policy DC2, Policy GD2, Policy SP01, Policy SP07, Policy SP13, Policy WCS14
Judgments cited: Petter and Harris v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and The Regions and Chichester District Council [1999] EWCA
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.