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Allowed24 June 20253352133

Land East of Ashcombe Lane, Alweston, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 5HZ

Planning appeal 3352133 at Land East of Ashcombe Lane, Alweston, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 5HZ (Dorset) was allowed on 24 June 2025 by Inspector Worley E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether there is an essential need for the dwelling to accommodate a rural worker.

a temporary agricultural worker's dwelling

Authority
Dorset
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
agricultural · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Worley E
Postcode
DT9 5HZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether there is an essential need for the dwelling to accommodate a rural worker
  • The effect of the development on European sites

What decided it

The essential need for a rural worker to live on the holding to operate the agricultural enterprise, combined with the unavailability of the existing farmhouse and absence of alternative properties, justified the temporary dwelling despite the countryside location.

What the Inspector cited

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