I would be interested to know how easy/hard it is to get planning for buildings on farm land, in your area?
We live on the edge of the Peak National Park (only just outside by about a couple of miles) and are in an area of outstanding beauty too.
It is very difficult to get planning for stables, barns, field shelters or anything else on fields. The big farmers seem to be able to get their big barns up without too much trouble, but us smaller farms have problems.
I have been turned down for an extension on our small stone barn, which houses some of the goats and little pony and sheep. They said they preferred wooden ....then turned that down too
I must confess that my open fronted goat shelter, just big enough for two goats, plus the llama if he squeezes in when it rains, was put up with no planning, but I did expect a visit, and possibly it could still come!!
On my way home from work, I pass a small field shelter that was used for a pony. Someone has now put a few sheep, and about 8 weaned calves on the land, and then extended the shelter. They did it nicely, so it was not an eyesore. A couple of weeks ago, sitting outside the new shelter, writing on a form, was what looked to me like a council official. Someone must have reported the new building. Now I notice they have had to put in retrospective planning for a calf field shelter.
I cannot see why it needs planning, as its open fronted, and from what I can see, has no floor. Having said that, I have been told by the planners that any building on any field round here needs planning!!!
Just how do they expect us to hoiuse our animals if they turn down sheds to keep them in!!! One man near us put up a shed for his sheep, made to take it down, so he errected a large white marquee, which stood out a lot more.......eventually the council gave in and he was able to put up a lot larger shed than the first one.