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Table 6
Rural Areas
Summary of Current PD Rights Extended PD Rights Restricted PD Rights /
Approach in Sensitive Areas
PART 6 - AGRICULTURAL
BUILDINGS AND OPERATIONS
Class A - The carrying out on
agricultural land comprised in an
agricultural unit of:
(a) works for the erection, extension or
alteration of a building; or
(b) any excavation or engineering
operations; reasonably necessary for
the purposes of agriculture within that
unit.
Class B - The winning and working on
land held or occupied with land used
for the purposes of agriculture of any
minerals reasonably necessary for
agricultural purposes within the
agricultural unit of which it forms part.
Class C - The construction, formation,
laying out or alteration of a means of
access to a road.
Amendment to Part 3 to allow change of use of an
agricultural building to:
The making of products from produce/ materials
grown or reared on the farm;
The selling of produce/products grown within a 10
mile radius, and other products which account for no
more than 20% of the sales area;
Storage and distribution uses (but no subsequent
change to B1 or B2).
The following limitations are proposed for these three rights:
- Farm unit to be larger than 0.5 hectares;
- The total amount of land or buildings used for
farm diversification purposes shall not exceed
235m² per agricultural unit, of which no more
than 120m² shall comprise a farm shop;
- At least 80 per cent of the sales area in farm
shops shall be given over to produce/products
grown within a 10 mile radius;
- The buildings have been in an agricultural use
for 5 or more years and are of permanent
construction;
- Not permitted development within the curtilage of
a Listed Building unless Listed Building Consent
for the development has previously been
granted;
- the building shall continue to be part of the
agricultural unit; and
- If the building is no longer needed for one of
these uses it shall revert to an agricultural use.
Equestrian Uses
Further the following extended PD rights regarding
equestrian use are recommended:
Change of use of land to recreational equestrian use
subject to the area being no smaller than 1 ha, subject
to:
- No more than two horses at any one time being
kept on any 1ha plot;
- The 1ha site not being subdivided in anyway and
all the land being kept available for the grazing
and keeping of horses at all times; and
- No equestrian business to be carried out.
Amended PD rights in Part 3 to be
permitted in AONBs, National Parks,
CAs, ASSIs & SAIs.
Proposed PD rights to be permitted in
NPs, AONBs & CAs but removed in
ASSIs & SAIs.
The erection, construction, maintenance, and
improvement of a fence, wall or other means of
enclosure of recreational equestrian land, subject to:
- No fences, walls or structures of any kind shall
be erected if these subdivide the 1ha site area;
and
- No fence, walls or structures of any kind shall be
erected if these exceed 1.4m in height.
Proposed PD rights to be permitted in
NPs, AONBs & CAs but removed in
ASSIs & SAIs.
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