®Planning appeal decision
North Park Farm, Whitworth Road, DARLEY DALE, DE4 2HJ
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
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
Framework references: 11, 84, 88
Plan policies cited: Policy HC13
Judgments cited: 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)
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.