Email form - Farm and Forestry Buildings Notification
The following Planning Controls apply to Farm and Forestry Buildings.
1. Planning permission is required for:
- development on farm holdings of less than 0.4 hectares;
- the construction, alteration or extension of a house;
- any buildings or works not designed for agriculture;
- the construction, extension or alteration of any building over 465 square metres in area, or 12 metres in height or 3 metres in height where the building is within 3km of an aerodrome;
- development which is within 25 metres of a metalled trunk or classified road;
- the construction or carrying out of any works to a building used, or to be used, for intensive livestock accommodation or storage of slurry or sewerage sludge where that building is within 400 metres of a ‘protected building’. A protected building normally occupied by people but does not include buildings forming part of a working farm or certain special industrial buildings.
2. Where Planning Permission is not required, anyone intending to:
- build or significantly alter / extend a farm or forestry building (for example by increasing the cubic content of the original building by more than 10% or by the height of the building exceeding the height of the original building);
- carry out engineering or excavation operations;
is required to give prior notification to the planning authority of their intention to carry out such development.
3. Where the work proposed does not fall within any of the descriptions in paragraphs 1 or 2 neither planning permission nor prior notification is required.
If any trees are proposed to be felled or lopped go to Protected Trees Application.
If in any doubt about your particular farm or forestry building development please feel free to contact the Development Quality Team for further clarification.
Please use the form below to email the form Farm and Forestry Buildings Notification.
