Agenda item
Erection of building to keep
agricultural equipment and feed including two stables and a tack store
LOCAL
MEMBER: Councillor Simon Glyn
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
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