Our new Tractor Shed starts being built tomorrow. We've just got the 5 Ha and that needs broad red lines round the holding on the map !!), put in a 28 day notice, and had the council agricultural adviser come round and report. Genuinely it's to store tractors and machinery as the yard is littered with it, but at the time of the visit we had minimal livestock (one sow in pig and about 20 sheep) however it was fairly obvious that the housing and facilities were there and stock had recently been thinned out.
We had no commercial questions asked whatsoever, nothing about the state of fences etc and actually it's none of their business.
I'm sure that sitting him down with a cup of tea and fresh baked cakes and listening to the sad story of his recent bereavement helped in getting a positive report.
Now I need to find out if it is sensible to register for VAT to claim back the not inconsiderable amount of VAT on the 45 x 40 foot shed - I'll start another thread for that elsewhere on the forum.
Topic: Permitted development how the 5 hectares are measured? (Read 12009 times)
