Issue - meetings

PERMISSION

Description of application - Proposed demolition of existing agricultural building and the erection of a replacement grain/machinery storage building.

Oral representations in support of the application were received at the meeting.  It was noted that on page 39 of the Chief Planner’s report under the heading, ‘Proposal’, the last sentence should be amended to read, “The wider site comprises 83 hectares of land used for arable farming, and the main buildings associated with the farm form a cluster with one larger barn to the west of the site, located within a 20 metre proximity north of Crockenhill Road.”

Members having considered the report, objections and representations, RESOLVED that PERMISSION be GRANTED as recommended, subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the report of the Chief Planner with an amendment to Condition 4 and a further condition to read:-

“4. The building hereby approved shall be used only for the purpose of agriculture, as defined in Section 226 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and for no other purpose including for the storage of any gyrocopters, and there shall be no change of use permitted by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 or any Order amending, revoking and re-enacting that Order.

REASON:  In order to protect the amenity of surrounding neighbours and to avoid inappropriate development within the Green Belt thereby to comply with Policies G1 and BE1 of the Unitary Development Plan.

7.  Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any Order amending, revoking and re-enacting this Order) no extensions or alterations to the building permitted by Part 6 of Schedule 2 of the 2015 Order (as amended), shall be erected or made to the building hereby permitted without prior approval in writing of the Local Planning Authority.

REASON: In order to comply with Policy G1 of the Unitary Development Plan and London Plan Policy 7.16 and in the interest of the openness and character of the Green Belt.”