Planning appeal decision
The Old Barn, Twizell Farm, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE20 0AL
Planning appeal 3363262 at The Old Barn, Twizell Farm, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE20 0AL (Northumberland County Council) was allowed on 14 August 2025 by Inspector Livingstone C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is agricultural land comprised in an agricultural unit of 5 hectares or more and that the proposed building is reasonably necessary for the purposes of agriculture within that unit.
to erect a steel-framed agricultural building providing 108 sqm of storage space. The proposed building is required to store crops, straw, feed, farm machinery and associated goods
- Authority
- Northumberland County Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Change of use
- Inspector
- Livingstone C
- Postcode
- NE20 0AL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is agricultural land comprised in an agricultural unit of 5 hectares or more and that the proposed building is reasonably necessary for the purposes of agriculture within that unit
What decided it
The appeal site comprises agricultural land within an agricultural unit of at least 5 hectares and the proposed building is reasonably necessary for the purposes of agriculture within that unit, meeting the requirements of Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the GPDO.
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