North Park Farm, Whitworth Road, Darley Dale, DE4 2HJ

Planning appeal 3353205 at North Park Farm, Whitworth Road, Darley Dale, DE4 2HJ (Derbyshire Dales District Council) was dismissed on 6 March 2025 by Inspector Lancaster K, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether there is an essential need for a temporary dwelling in the countryside to accommodate a rural worker, having regard to the functional need and viability of the enterprise.

the use of land and building to provide equine rehabilitation and foaling livery and siting of mobile home

Authority: Derbyshire Dales District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: agricultural · Change of use
Inspector: Lancaster K
Postcode: DE4 2HJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether there is an essential need for a temporary dwelling in the countryside to accommodate a rural worker, having regard to the functional need and viability of the enterprise

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate an essential functional need for a rural worker to live on site, and the financial evidence did not convincingly show the enterprise was, or would become, viable.

the adverse impacts of conflict with Policy HC13 and Framework paragraph 84 significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of enabling the agricultural enterprise, so the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy HC13
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 84Paragraph 88
Judgments: Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin); Schneck v SSHCLG & West Berkshire DC [2022] EWHC 3335 (Admin)

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