Agricultural buildings planning application rules.
Full Planning Permission is always required if any of the following apply:
- building over 465 sq metres (5005 sq feet) in floor area
- building or works for intensive livestock, slurry or sewage within 400m (437 yards) of a protected building, ie. building occupied by people but not part of a working farm
- on less than 0.4 ha of land
- construction, alteration or extension of a dwelling
- building or works not designed for agriculture
- building over 12.0 m (39 feet) in height
- building over 3.0 m (10 feet) in height within 3 km of an aerodrome
- within 25 m (82 feet) of a trunk or classified road
If the above don't apply then you instead require a Prior Notification if it is intended to do any of the following:
- build a farm or forestry building
- alter or significantly extend a farm or forestry building, ie. to increase the cubic content of the building by 10%, or exceed its original height
- build or alter a farm or forestry road
- If however work has started or any of the below apply full planning world be required
| Example 1
- Proposed new general purposed shed
- size of building 12 m x 30 m = total area 360 sq metres
- Farm house within 400 m
- Prior notification required.
- Proposed new cubicle shed with slated tank
- size of building 12.5 m x 36 m = total area 450 sq metres
- Farm house within 400 m
- Cottage within 400 m not owned by farm
- Full planning required
Example 3
- Proposed new cubicle shed with slated tank
- size of building 30 m x 55 m = total area 1650 sq metres
- Farm house within 400 m
- Full planning required
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