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Notice varied and upheld8 August 20243317375

Kingston Farm Lane, Othery, Bridgewater, Somerset, TA7 0QS

Planning appeal 3317375 at Kingston Farm Lane, Othery, Bridgewater, Somerset, TA7 0QS (Sedgemoor District Council *) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 8 August 2024 by Inspector Blackwell J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the poultry unit comprises operational development or permitted development under ground (c) of section 174(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Without planning permission, the erection of a poultry unit, in the approximate position marked by a cross on the attached plan, comprising the siting of a lorry body on a trailer and erection of an attached chicken run on land marked in red on the attached plan”

Authority
Sedgemoor District Council *
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
agricultural · Other minor developments
Inspector
Blackwell J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the poultry unit comprises operational development or permitted development under ground (c) of section 174(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

What decided it

The poultry unit satisfies the Skerritts criteria for a building due to its substantial size, degree of permanence and interconnected physical components, and does not benefit from permitted development rights under the GPDO.

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