Silver Leys Polo Club, Millfield Lane, Little Hadham, Hertfordshire, SG11 2ED

retention of three mobile home units as rural worker’s dwellings for grooms accommodation

Authority: East Hertfordshire District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Other minor developments
Inspector: Dring G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether there is an essential need for three rural worker's dwellings at the appeal site
Whether the site is in a suitable location for housing with particular regard to accessibility by sustainable modes of transport
Whether there would be sufficient vehicular access and parking at the appeal site for the development
The effect of the development on the integrity of the woodland habitat

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate an essential need for three rural workers' dwellings, which undermined the justification for the development and led to conflict with the development plan taken as a whole.

the cumulative harm arising from conflict with the development plan attracted significant weight that significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of housing supply and rural business support when assessed against the Framework as a whole, so the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply

Framework references: 11, 84, 88, 187

Plan policies cited: Policy HOU5, Policy GBR2, Policy CFLR6, Policy TRA1, Policy TRA2, Policy TRA3, Policy DES3, Policy NE2, Policy NE3

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