Barn Farm, Gateway on left 300 metres up Parsonage Lane, Going N of Chiddingly, See A location map, NR Lewes, BN8 6HF

erection of a steel framed, timber clad building to provide facilities for staff for vineyard and sheep/land wilding work, machinery and produce storage, workshop

Authority: Wealden District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: agricultural · Other minor developments
Inspector: Prentis D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal is within the scope of the development described in Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the GDPO

What decided it

The land does not currently constitute 'agricultural land' as defined in the GDPO because there is no evidence it is currently in use for agriculture for the purposes of a trade or business.

Judgments cited: R (oao Marshall) v East Dorset DC and Pitman [2018] EWHC 226 (Admin); New World Payphones Ltd v Westminster City Council [2019] EWCA Civ 2250; R (oao Smolas) v Herefordshire Council [2021] EWHC 1663 (Admin)

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