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Application Ref
Name
Address
Comments
3AG/2012/0030/AG
Billingford Parish Council
Toni Noye
The Meadows
Bintree Road
Billingford Nr Dereham
NR20 4AJ
Application: 3AG/2012/0030/AG
Thank you for sending us the updated plans and application. We would
like to share the following views and comments with you:
¿ The site is inappropriate as it is on the scheduled monument site. The
current Application does not show on his plans where the `Ancient
Monument¿ area lies in connection with the proposed building. The
track given as existing on the plan was dug without permission and
therefore was illegally dug across the monument site. Also, the answer
in Q5 is not true: The proposed building is not only adjacent to a
National Historic Monument but also visible from and alongside the
River Wensum SSSI.
¿ There is no evidence for its requirement:
- There has been no agricultural activity by the present owner - our
understanding is that a Class A development on agricultural land must
be reasonably necessary for the purposes of agriculture ¿ agricultural
activity ceased when the land was acquired by Mr Todd. `Servicing the
site¿ is not agriculture.
- Machinery used on the site has been of an earth moving nature and
taken away after use. It is not stored on site.
- There has been no forestry activity, rather there has been
deforestation.
- There are 2 adjacent fishing clubs on large lakes which have carried
out their activities for many years without requiring a building on this
scale.
- Our understanding is that fish farming would involve a change of use
of land or buildings and that this needs full planning permission and is
not covered under permitted development rights, as it is not related to
agriculture. We have not had notification of any such application for a
fish farming business on the site.
We would also like to note that there are already temporary portacabins
on the site which appear to have no real justification and we would like
to see them removed.
This application is made by the same person and organisation who
submitted the last applications which were clearly misleading. The first
stated that no work had been carried out in connection with the

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application when this was not the case. Since this time, the Parish
Council has contacted Breckland to ask what action is being taken to
reinstate the site to his previous condition. The Parish Council would
like to be told what action has been taken by Breckland Council in
connection with this.
04-10-2012