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Author Topic: Farm shop - Is it classed as agricultural or retail?  (Read 2866 times)

lumsden

  • Joined Jun 2010
Farm shop - Is it classed as agricultural or retail?
« on: June 16, 2010, 04:33:29 pm »
Just curious for rating and planning purposes. Any rules on what you can sell?

lumsden

  • Joined Jun 2010
Re: Farm shop - Is it classed as agricultural or retail?
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2010, 12:31:59 am »
Just curious for rating and planning purposes. Any rules on what you can sell?
Answering my own question but I suspect that specific planning permission is needed as I have seen planning application in a local newspaper for a change of use to a farm shop.

old ploughman

  • Joined Jun 2010
Re: Farm shop - Is it classed as agricultural or retail?
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2010, 07:07:57 am »
I think that the boundary between needing permission and not is crossed when you start selling products that are not produced by yourself - but you get away with what you can - I know of several people with farm shops who sell loads of carrots and veg that most certainly have not been grown on that site - just look at the soil on the veg and then look at the type of soil they are farming  ;)

regards

 

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