®Planning appeal decision
Land East of Brookside , Gregory Lane, Loynton, Stafford , ST20 0QL
agricultural storage building to store agricultural machinery, agricultural implements and tools and general hay and feed store. The building is required in connection with the agricultural activities on the surrounding land. The applicant already owns all of the tractors, implements, tools etc that will be stored in the agricultural building. The applicant previously stored all of his equipment on a tenanted farm
- Authority
- Stafford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Hughes L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether sufficient evidence has been submitted to demonstrate that the proposal would be of a scale required for the essential operational needs of the smallholding
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- whether the proposed access is appropriately annotated and would be acceptable with regards to highway safety
What decided it
The proposal conflicts with the development plan because insufficient evidence demonstrates the building is of a scale required for the essential operational needs of the smallholding, particularly given the appellant's stated intention to use equipment for agricultural contracting purposes which fall outside the statutory definition of agriculture.
Plan policies cited: Policy SP6 (i), Policy SP7 (ii), Policy E2 (ii), Policy T2
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.