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Notice varied and upheld8 August 20243317378

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

Planning appeal 3317378 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 · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
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 constitutes operational development (a building) for which planning permission was required and not obtained, and no applicable permitted development rights exist.

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