Working with an architect, who instructed me, I am delighted to say that we have obtained a successful decision from the planners for a third house on a farm to support the operation of an irrigation reservoir. Clearly it is quite a large farm (over 2,000 acres) but nevertheless it is unusual to be able […]
Author Archives: Charles Holt
How to Stop the Dairy Farmer Exodus
It continues to be fashionable to exit dairy farming. Ever since I first worked as a farm consultant, the numbers of both all UK farmers and (specifically) dairy farmers has continued to fall. I just hope dairy farming doesn’t go the way of coal-mining in the country, which has now (I hear) ceased completely. We […]
Planning Costs
If an appellant wins a planning appeal, and they feel they have been treated badly by the planning authority, then they can apply for an ‘award of costs’. This is, in effect, treated as a separate appeal by the planning inspector. So, you may win the appeal but lose the claim for costs, or you […]
AGRICULTURAL OCCUPANCY CONDITIONS and CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL USE OR DEVELOPMENT
Sometimes a planning condition becomes obsolete, or it is not adhered to. Indeed, sometimes a planning permission is not even applied for. One of the ways in which such a situation can become regularized is to apply for a Certificate of Lawful Use or Development. These can be applied for in many situations in order […]