Location: Rural
Our rural expert Andrew Brough MRTPI has started the year on a high, securing planning permission for a Part 6 application in the Chiltern Hills National landscape (AONB), enabling the client to diversify their agricultural operations by erecting a steel frame and metal clad building to support the production of cider. The building will be used to support apple pressing, fermentation and the long-term storage of apples and finished bottles.
The barn had been purposely designed to appear discrete and blend in with the protected landscape, being of a low ridge height and long design to reflect the proportions of the adjacent hedgerow.
Andrew, successfully demonstrated to the council the operational needs for the building to support the farming activities and that this outweighed any potential harm inflicted upon the protected landscape.
