Agenda item

This item was brought forward on the agenda due to the speaker having arrived.

Some Members had visited the site the previous day.

The Planning Officer presented the report and outlined the reasons for refusal as detailed in the report.

The following spoke under the public participation at meetings scheme:

·         Ed Groves, Agent

Members considered that the proposal was an essential part of farming operations and that the existing tree cover, allied with the screening proposed, would in time mask the development.

Members asked whether the development was subject to biodiversity net gain (BNG). The Officer reported that the application had come in before the regulations became mandatory, but it would be subject to BNG, if the application had come in now.

A motion to approve the application, contrary to Officer recommendation was proposed, seconded, put to the vote and carried.

RESOLVED:

That the application be APPROVED, subject to the following conditions:

1.    Statutory 3-year time period for commencement of development.

2.    Adopt submitted plans

3.    Secure finish of the store to make its dark and recessive including any lid.

4.    Secure levels and grading of the land including reseeding after excavations have taken place.

5.    Secure a scheme of spoil removal.

6.    Building to be removed, when it was no longer needed for agriculture.