Policy information sourced from the Gravesham Local Plan First Review

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The Borough Council will only give favourable consideration to applications for agricultural dwellings, where an overriding case can be demonstrated and when no satisfactory alternative means of provision is available.

Such applications will be considered against the advice contained within PPG7 (Annexe E), other Government advice effective at the time and the following criteria:

  1. The agricultural unit must be commercially viable of itself at the time of the application.
  2. Where the Borough Council’s agricultural adviser indicates that an existing and established agricultural unit is capable of becoming commercially viable, the siting of a caravan for a limited period may be considered.
  3. It must be necessary rather than just convenient for an agricultural worker to be resident on the agricultural unit.
  4. The Borough Council will need to be satisfied that there is no suitable housing available in the vicinity of the site.
  5. Care must be taken to select the most suitable site for the dwelling on the agricultural unit, in order to achieve a good relationship with existing farm buildings and the point of access and to minimise impact by making use of natural features.
  6. The dwelling should be of a modest size and of a design appropriate to its Green Belt and countryside location.

For more information please see the Gravesham Local Plan