H12 Housing for Rural Workers

Object

Representation ID: 66218

Received: 26/06/2014

Respondent: NFU

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Unreasonable to include the size restriction outlined in section 4.83.

The 140sq.m includes garaging which in reality makes the residential floor space even smaller.

This size limit is at odds with the new permitted development rights, whereby farmers can convert redundant agricultural buildings to up to three C3 residential units with a total floor space of 450m2. Therefore we think that it is out of step to attempt to restrict rural workers dwellings to 140sq.m

When new dwellings are constructed for farm businesses it is important that they are large enough to cope with the many demands of the farm business, together with the needs of a farming family.

It is also important to recognise that an agricultural dwelling must be flexible enough to accommodate families at a range of life stages.