Decision details

The following spoke under the public participation at meetings scheme:

·         Mr M Otter, Agent

·         Cllr J Chapman, Tideswell Parish Council, supporter.

The Director of Planning stated that alternative sites for the caravan or alternative ways of providing accommodation, within policy, had been suggested and that if the application was refused enforcement of removal could be considered.

The recommendation for refusal was moved, seconded, voted on and carried.

RESOLVED:

That the application be REFUSED for the following reason.

1.  The proposed development would have an adverse visual impact and harm the setting of the grade II listed farmhouse and barn at Bushey Heath Farm. The proposed permanent residential caravan is not required to achieve conservation or enhancement or to meet the essential functional need of a rural enterprise.  In the absence of overriding justification it is considered that any approval of the proposed development would represent wholly unsustainable development contrary to Core Strategy policies GSP1, GSP3, DS1, HC1, and L3, saved Local Plan policies LC4 and LC6 and the National Planning Policy Framework.