Class B8 Storage Units Granted At Former Dairy Farm
Acorus is pleased to have secured planning consent for two new modern storage buildings at a former dairy farm providing ten units to let for local businesses and private individuals for the storage of items for which there is local demand. The farm has been in the ownership of Acorus’ clients since the 1970s and […]
Glamping Site Granted in the AONB
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) supports sustainable development and a prosperous rural economy including tourism and leisure developments which respect the character of the countryside. Development within the AONB, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is restricted to minor development which should be sensitively located and designed to avoid or minimise adverse impact. Acorus were […]
Rural Worker’s Dwelling Granted To Support An Equestrian And Agricultural Business
Dwellings required for the supervision of agricultural businesses and other rural based enterprises is one of the few circumstances individual dwellings can be realised in the open countryside. National planning policy states isolated homes in the countryside may be permitted in special circumstances, such as an essential need for a rural worker to live permanently […]
Agricultural Occupancy Condition Removed
Most dwellings built for agricultural purposes are subject to an occupancy condition which restricts the occupation of the dwelling to a person employed in agriculture. In terms of the wording of such conditions, whilst there have been many variations since the 1950s, generally the standard condition will state: ‘The occupation of the dwelling shall be […]