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1.Policy HOU10 in the Great Yarmouth Borough-Wide Local Plan states :- PERMISSION FOR NEW DWELLINGS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE WILL ONLY BE GIVEN IF REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, ORGANISED RECREATION OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING INSTITUTIONS. THE COUNCIL WILL NEED TO BE SATISFIED IN RELATION TO EACH OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: (a) THE DWELLING MUST BE REQUIRED FOR THE PURPOSE STATED (b) IT WILL NEED TO BE DEMONSTRATED THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL IN THE INTERESTS OF GOOD AGRICULTURE OR MANAGEMENT THAT AN EMPLOYEE SHOULD LIVE ON THE HOLDING OR SITE RATHER THAN IN A TOWN OR VILLAGE NEARBY. (c) THERE IS NO APPROPRIATE ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION EXISTING OR WITH PLANNING PERMISSION AVAILABLE EITHER ON THE HOLDING OR SITE OR IN THE NEAR VICINITY. (d) THE NEED FOR THE DWELLING HAS RECEIVED THE UNEQUIVOCAL SUPPORT OF A SUITABLY QUALIFIED INDEPENDENT APPRAISOR (e) THE HOLDING OR OPERATION IS REASONABLY LIKELY TO MATERIALISE AND IS CAPABLE OF BEING SUSTAINED FOR A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME. ( IN APPROPRIATE CASES EVIDENCE MAY BE REQUIRED THAT THE UNDERTAKING HAS A SOUND FINANCIAL BASIS) Continued on next page. (f) THE DWELLING SHOULD NORMALLY BE NO LARGER THAN 120 SQUARE METRES IN SIZE AND SITED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EXISTING GROUPS OF BUILDINGS ON THE HOLDING OR SITE (g) A CONDITION WILL BE IMPOSED ON ALL DWELLINGS PERMITTED ON THE BASIS OF A JUSTIFIED NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE OCCUPATION OF THE DWELLINGS SHALL BE LIMITED TO PERSONS SOLELY OR MAINLY WORKING OR LAST EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, ORGANISED RECREATION OR AN EXISTING INSTITUTION IN THE LOCALITY INCLUDING ANY DEPENDENTS OF SUCH A PERSON RESIDING WITH THEM, OR A WIDOW OR WIDOWER OF SUCH A PERSON (h) WHERE THERE ARE EXISTING DWELLINGS ON THE HOLDING OR SITE THAT ARE NOT SUBJECT TO AN OCCUPANCY CONDITION AND THE INDEPENDENT APPRAISOR HAS INDICATED THAT A FURTHER DWELLING IS ESSENTIAL, AN OCCUPANCY CONDITION WILL BE IMPOSED ON THE EXISTING DWELLING ON THE HOLDING OR SITE (i) APPLICANTS SEEKING THE REMOVAL OF ANY OCCUPANCY CONDITION WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT THE DWELLING HAS BEEN ACTIVELY AND WIDELY ADVERTISED FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN TWELVE MONTHS AT A PRICE WHICH REFLECTS THE OCCUPANCY CONDITIONS The proposed development is deemed to be contrary to criteria (b), (c), (e) and (f) of the policy HOU10 and therefore prejudicial to the council's objective to allow development in the countryside only where there is a proven long-term need.