®Planning appeal decision
Willow Farm, Lughorse Lane, Yalding, Kent, ME18 6EB
Retrospective siting of a temporary rural workers dwelling for a temporary period of three years
- Authority
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Pattison B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether there is an essential need for a full-time rural worker to live at the appeal site in the countryside
- The effect of the appeal scheme on the character and appearance of the area, including the setting of the Greensand Ridge Landscape of Local Value
What decided it
The substantial weight attributed to the educational and therapeutic benefits of the care farm for children with disabilities outweighed the moderate harm to the spatial strategy caused by the unauthorised location of the temporary dwelling.
the considerable benefits of the care farm to children with disabilities and educational needs, and the risk of the enterprise ceasing without the dwelling, outweighed the moderate harm to the spatial strategy arising from the temporary dwelling's location outside the settlement boundary
Framework references: 84, 187, 98
Plan policies cited: LPRCD3, LPRSP9, LPRSP15, LPRQD4
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.