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Planning Committee – Part A8 February 2013Item 9Page 2History2010: Demolition of brick – built outbuilding and erection of farm building, granted.2010: Extensions and alterations to dwelling house, granted.2011: Erection of lean to adjacent to existing agricultural building, granted.2011: Formation of new vehicular access and driveway, granted.2011: Change of use of redundant outbuilding to form meat cutting room, withdrawn.2011: Erection of agricultural building, granted conditionally.2011: Erection of a lean to in 2 parts. Single bay lean to and single bay end elevation and leanto, granted conditionally.2011: Erection of a stone barn to house meat cutting room and ancillary fridges / work area,granted conditionally.2012: Replacement of a 3 bay lean to building with a dual pitch steel portal framed abattoirbuilding behind the existing barn, withdrawn.2012: Erection of mono pitch leans to building to house piggery, currently undetermined.2012: Replacement of a lean to building with a dual pitch steel portal framed abattoir buildingbehind the existing barn, currently undetermined.2012: Siting of a mobile fridge, freezer and work area for a temporary period of 12 months,currently undetermined.ConsultationsStaffordshire Moorlands District Council: No response to date.Grindon Parish (Town) Council: No objection.Highways: No response to date.RepresentationsThe Authority has received 3 letters of objections to the current application. The letters raised thefollowing issues:Adverse impacts on the character and appearance of the site and surrounding landscape.Has planting been considered to screen the buildings?Provision for drainage for 350 pigs.Increasing scale of the business and site.Concern about the number of proposed staff required for the farming operations on thesite.Danger to public health.
Planning Committee – Part A8 February 2013Item 9Page 3Main PoliciesRSS Codes: Policies 1, 8, 10, 26 and 31 of the East Midlands Regional PlanRelevant Core Strategy policies: GSP3, DS1, L1Relevant Local Plan policies: LC4, LC13National Planning Policy FrameworkThe National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was published on 27 March 2012 and replaceda significant proportion of central government planning policy with immediate effect. TheGovernment’s intention is that the document should be considered to be a material considerationand carry particular weight where a development plan is absent, silent or relevant policies are outof date. In the National Park the development plan comprises the East Midlands Regional Plan2009, the Authority’s Core Strategy 2011 and saved policies in the Peak District National ParkLocal Plan 2001. Policies in the Development Plan provide a clear starting point consistent withthe National Park’s statutory purposes for the determination of this application. It is consideredthat in this case there is no significant conflict between prevailing policies in the DevelopmentPlan and more recent Government guidance in the NPPF with regard to the issues that areraised.’AssessmentRSS policies 1, 2, 8, 26, and 31 seek to conserve and enhance the scenic beauty of the NationalPark landscape, and its historic built environment. Local Plan policy LC4 requires that thedetailed treatment of any proposal is of a high standard that conserves and where possibleenhances the landscape, built environment and other valued characteristics of the area. LocalPlan policy LC13 sets out criteria which new farm buildings have to meet before they are deemedto be acceptable within the National Park. Policies GSP3, DS1, and L1 in the more recent CoreStrategy reflect the pre-existing Development Plan policies and offer support for agriculturaldevelopment in the open countryside provided that development respects, conserves andenhances the valued characteristics of the site paying particular attention to impact upon thecharacter and setting of buildings and siting, landscaping and building materials.In this case an application has been submitted proposing a modern portal framed agricultural unitthat will house a piggery. It will house the applicant’s current pig stock. It is intended that eachweek approximately 8 – 10 pigs will be finished and sent to the abattoir and meat processing uniton site.The site is located in the open countryside and over the past few years has received planningpermissions granted for a range of agricultural buildings and most recently the meat cuttingroom.Officers consider that for this application, the policies that apply are LC4: Design, Layout andlandscape and LC13: Agricultural or forestry operational development taken from the Authority’sLocal Plan and GSP3 and DS1: Development Strategy and L1: Landscape character and valuedcharacteristics taken from the Authority’s Core strategy.Concern has been expressed regarding the increasing scale of agricultural buildings on site andthis has been noted by planning officers over the past few years. However, in this case, thesubmitted application is supported by a clear and comprehensive agricultural justification whichhas provided sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the building is reasonable and necessary forthe purposes of agriculture and proportionate to the size and scale of the needs of the holding.The building has also been clearly designed as a piggery.
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