Policy information sourced from the Medway Local Plan 2003

BNE49 Agricultural Dwellings

Agricultural workers’ dwellings in the countryside will only be permitted when:

  1. there is a genuine need for the dwelling generated by the operation of the agricultural holding which it is to serve; and
  2. the dwelling is of an appropriate scale and located on, or adjacent to, the agricultural holding it is to serve; and
  3. there are no other buildings available for, or capable of conversion to, residential use within the vicinity.

Occupancy conditions will be applied to agricultural workers’ dwellings to ensure that the dwelling is retained for use by persons solely, or last, employed in agriculture in the locality and their resident dependants.

For more information please see the Medway Local Plan 2003