Outmarsh Farm, Semington (temporary rural worker caravan)

6008970·Wiltshire·23 Sept 2026dismissed·PL/2025/08409

Tier label used

settlement hierarchy

The tier sentence ¶7

“sets out the settlement strategy and identifies a settlement hierarchy where new development will be directed”

Summary

A static caravan for a rural worker on a small, early-stage smallholding at Outmarsh Farm. No harm to character was found, but there was no essential need for a worker to live on site and the enterprise's viability was not evidenced. Dismissed on the development plan (CP1, CP2, CP48), with HO11 treated as giving the same test.

Why this is cited

Site beyond the settlement boundary of Semington, so open countryside: against (temporary rural worker caravan); dismissed. In the register this counts as a case where the tier counted against the site.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6008970.txt

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