Agenda item

Item 13: Change of use from existing barn building with permanent warden accommodation to residential use and erection of toilet & shower block (Amended).

Two Hoots Campsite, The Oak Barn, Sutton Wood Lane, Bighton, SO24 9SG

Case number: 18/02331/FUL

The Head of Development Management referred Members to the Update Sheet which set out that not all committee notification letters had been delivered correctly and that the applicants had been sent a copy of this via email accordingly.

During public participation, David Parham (Applicant) spoke in support of the application and answered Members’ questions thereon.

During public participation, Councillor Griffiths spoke on this item as Ward Member.  In summary, Councillor Griffiths raised the following points:

-       Successful business in the District which had experienced an increase in bookings over the last year;

-       Received funding from the LEADER programme as a valued asset which was supported by the local community;

-       There was now a need for the applicants to reside on site with no increase to the footprint of the building but offering an improvement to their health and wellbeing;

-       The applicants were not seeking to increase camping so there was no need to remove further sewage;

-       The Council were keen to retain and encourage rural business and considered that this application should be supported; and

-       Considered that this application met Policies DM10 to DM12.

At the conclusion of debate, the Committee agreed to grant permission for the following reason: the application adheres to Policy DM10 of the Local Plan Part 2 (LPP2) as an essential facility and service in the countryside with a functional need to live on site to service the needs of the business, subject to an appropriate planning condition to ensure that the occupants of the residential accommodation are linked through their employment at the campsite (operational requirement) and adequate drainage and operational condition. The precise wording of these conditions to be delegated to the Head of Development Management, in consultation with the Chairman 

RESOLVED:

1.             That the decisions taken on the Planning Applications in relation to those applications inside and outside the area of the South Downs National Park be agreed as set out in the decision relating to each item, subject to the following:

                        (i)         That in respect of item 7, the planning application was                       withdrawn on 4 January 2019;

                        (ii)        That in respect of item 8, permission be granted for the                       reasons and subject to the conditions and informatives set out in                    the Report and the Update Sheet, subject to the removal of                            Permitted Development Rights for the 3no. dwellings proposed;

                        (iii)       That in respect of item 9, the determination of the                                 application be deferred,  in order to enable  matters  related to                       the pipeline, health and safety and rights of way to be clarified;                   and

                        (iv)       That in respect of item 13, permission be granted for the                     following reason: the application adheres to Policy DM10 of the                        Local Plan Part 2 (LPP2) as an essential facility and service in                        the countryside with a functional need to live on site in order               to service the needs of the business, subject to an appropriate                     planning condition to ensure that the occupants of the residential               accommodation are linked through their employment at the                                campsite (operational requirement) and adequate drainage and                      operational condition. The precise wording of conditions to                                 be delegated to the Head of Development Management, in                           consultation with the Chairman.