The Nursery ( Log Cabin at rear of land east of "Glen Ross"), Goldsmiths Drive, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 9QX

for the change of use from agricultural storage to agricultural residence

Authority: Rochford District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: agricultural · Change of use
Inspector: Marriott H

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether or not the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework), including the effect on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
whether or not there is an essential need for rural workers to live permanently on the site

What decided it

The finding that the re-use of the log cabin caused no harm to Green Belt openness or purposes, combined with the demonstrated essential functional need for a rural worker to live permanently on site.

Framework references: 11, 84, 142, 143, 153, 154, 155

Plan policies cited: Policy GB1, Policy GB2, Policy DM18

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