skip to main content

Agenda item

Erection of building to keep agricultural equipment and feed including two stables and a tack store

 

LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Simon Glyn

 

Link to relevant background documents

Decision:

DECISION: To approve with conditions

1.    The development must commence no later than five years from the permission date

2.    The development is completed fully in accordance with the submitted plans

3.    Agreement must be reached on the materials / external colours before the development commences

4.    The building must be used for agricultural purposes only

 

Note - Land Drainage Unit

 

Minutes:

Erection of building to store agricultural equipment and feed including two stables and a tack store.

Attention was drawn to the late observations form.

a)      The Development Control Officer highlighted that the application was a full application for the erection of a multi-purpose (Agricultural / Horses) shed that would include two stables and a tack store, along with a sheep shelter, a place to store machinery and feed and a first-floor store. It was noted that the site was located in open countryside approximately 700m to the south west of the village of Croeslon Dinas; within the Special Landscape Area designated by the Anglesey and Gwynedd Joint Local Development Plan and within the Llŷn and Bardsey Landscape of Outstanding Historic Interest; The site was 180m to the west of the boundary of the Llŷn Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The application was submitted to the Committee as the applicant was a relative of an elected member of the Council.

It was resolved to defer making a decision on the application at the Committee on 13 December 2021, in order to give officers an opportunity to consider late information received from the applicant, giving a further explanation of the need for the development. This included:

·         That there were no agricultural buildings located near the house (on Tyddyn Du land) - some of the original buildings were now owned by Tyddyn Gwyn farm.

·         The access to the field near the house was unsuitable for large vehicles as it crosses a ditch and water pipes; electricity supply and telephone cables pass overhead in the entrance, which was an obstruction preventing machinery from gaining access to the field near the house.

·         Not much work needed to be done to the land in order to create a level site for the development; any soil moved would be recycled to create a level area around the building.

·         Native shrubs and trees would be planted around the building.

·         The building would not affect the visual amenities of any of the neighbours, other buildings or any nearby settlement,

·         The site was hidden and on a secluded and desolate site; with the hedges providing a natural hiding place for the building.

It was reported that further discussions together with a site meeting had taken place with the applicant.  Consequently, the proposed location of the building was changed - and set at a lower level than the original proposal and located closer to the mature hedge that surrounds the field.

As a result of the changes made to the plan since the previous Committee meeting, and further explanation received from the applicant regarding the need for the building and justification for the location, officers accepted that the agricultural need had been proven to erect a building on the site and therefore the proposal was acceptable under the principle of a fundamental rural development and specifically policy PCYFF 1 of the LDP.   In addition, as the proposal would now be partly hidden from public viewpoints, it was accepted that the building would not create an obtrusive feature in the landscape. It was considered that the application was acceptable under policies PCYFF2, PCYFF 3 and AMG 2 of the LDP. 

b)    Taking advantage of the right to speak, the local member made the following points:

·         That discussions had been held to discuss the concerns submitted and to be resolved - these discussions had been beneficial and positive.

·         The building had by now been re-located to a less prominent location in the corner of the field

 

c)    It was proposed and seconded to approve the application

 

RESOLVED to approve with conditions

 

1.         The development must be commenced no later than five years from the permission date

2.         The development is completed fully in accordance with the submitted plans

3.         Agreement must be reached on the materials / external colours prior to the commencement of the development

4.         The building must be used for agricultural purposes only

 

 

Supporting documents: