Petition on the Huge Inappropriate Agricultural Barn in Canada Road, West Wellow
This initiative seeks to influence the Parish, District, Borough & County Councils, along with our MP and local planners to press for changes to the ill-considered, 2015, Town & Country Planning Act. This gave a raft of Permitted Development Rights (PD) to the agricultural industry whilst at the same time totally failing to respect or protect households who share the countryside with the farmers. Basically, they tell planners what they want, the place that they want it and don’t even need to inform anyone living around where it is happening.
This barn was erected in June’20 with less than 12hrs notice to the three nearest residences, this despite planning permission having been awarded eleven months earlier, on 28th June’19. If you or your friends live close to a field of over 1 hectare (2.47 acres) which is classified as agricultural land, this could happen to you. Not only that but it could happen without any consultation or warning.
You could be away on a fortnight’s holiday and return to find a structure like this has appeared close to your home
These PD rights only accrue when the total holding is over 5 hectares. This only a 1.8 hectare (4.5 acre) field so was linked to a local farmer’s land to achieve this threshold. The planning application was in the name of the farmer but the barn was paid for and is the property of the owner of the field, a non-farmer. It is allowed to be sited anywhere in the field provided it is over 2m from the boundary. The owner has not offered a logical explanation for the siting of this barn but a clue may be that it has been aligned with the building line of the road. A barn can migrate over time to being an agricultural worker’s dwelling then on to a new residence which typically takes around 8 years, though currently this is more difficult to do in a National Park.
If like most, you feel that this Permitted Development process is totally inappropriate and can lead to unacceptable outcomes, please sign this petition. It seeks to bring about change to legislation and if possible, get this ugly barn removed or re-sited to a more suitable place.
After all, this is happening within the curtails of the New Forest National Park.
Updates
July 18, 2020
The silence from the planning authorities remains the most frustrating part of this process. I am currently documenting the feedback I have received from other residents who feel equally ignored by these existing regulations. We are gathering the necessary evidence to demonstrate why current development rights require a formal review.
July 18, 2020
Reaching this current level of attention highlights how many of us share the same frustration regarding the lack of transparency in planning decisions. It is encouraging to see that people recognize how easily the current regulations can impact our homes and quality of life.
Reached 100 supporters
July 18, 2020
117 Comments
I know the farmer was in his rights to build there, but that is totally unreasonable to build exactly where he did. It looks like it could have been built 30m either side of where it is and it wouldn't have affected anyone. Totally inconsiderate!
As a former Planning Consultant this scenario has become all too familiar to me. There is no justification for farmers being increasinglyexempt from reasonable planning control and flouting the amenities of their neighbours
Quite rightly this is making local and national news - the building is an eyesore in completely the wrong place. This time it's in our village but highlighting how planning laws anywhere can be so easily circumvented, even in a National Park.
It is self evident that the rules and regulations require reassessment, based on what has happened in this case and possibly others since 2015. If the intention of the planning act is being used/abused contrary to its intended objectives, then re-examination and amendment is urgently required.
It is hard to see this as anything other than an attempt to circumvent the normally very strict planning rules of the National Park by exploiting the "letter of the law" but not the spirit. A change of the rules is clearly needed to stop such abuse and restrict development to bona-fide agricultural needs.
Where is common courtesy and common sense
Unbelievable should have never been allowed
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Petition on the Huge Inappropriate Agricultural Barn in Canada Road, West Wellow
This initiative seeks to influence the Parish, District, Borough & County Councils, along with our MP and local planners to press for changes to the ill-considered, 2015, Town & Country Planning Act. This gave a raft of Permitted Development Rights (PD) to the agricultural industry whilst at the same time totally failing to respect or protect households who share the countryside with the farmers. Basically, they tell planners what they want, the place that they want it and don’t even need to inform anyone living around where it is happening.
This barn was erected in June’20 with less than 12hrs notice to the three nearest residences, this despite planning permission having been awarded eleven months earlier, on 28th June’19. If you or your friends live close to a field of over 1 hectare (2.47 acres) which is classified as agricultural land, this could happen to you. Not only that but it could happen without any consultation or warning.
You could be away on a fortnight’s holiday and return to find a structure like this has appeared close to your home
These PD rights only accrue when the total holding is over 5 hectares. This only a 1.8 hectare (4.5 acre) field so was linked to a local farmer’s land to achieve this threshold. The planning application was in the name of the farmer but the barn was paid for and is the property of the owner of the field, a non-farmer. It is allowed to be sited anywhere in the field provided it is over 2m from the boundary. The owner has not offered a logical explanation for the siting of this barn but a clue may be that it has been aligned with the building line of the road. A barn can migrate over time to being an agricultural worker’s dwelling then on to a new residence which typically takes around 8 years, though currently this is more difficult to do in a National Park.
If like most, you feel that this Permitted Development process is totally inappropriate and can lead to unacceptable outcomes, please sign this petition. It seeks to bring about change to legislation and if possible, get this ugly barn removed or re-sited to a more suitable place.
After all, this is happening within the curtails of the New Forest National Park.
Updates
July 18, 2020
The silence from the planning authorities remains the most frustrating part of this process. I am currently documenting the feedback I have received from other residents who feel equally ignored by these existing regulations. We are gathering the necessary evidence to demonstrate why current development rights require a formal review.
July 18, 2020
Reaching this current level of attention highlights how many of us share the same frustration regarding the lack of transparency in planning decisions. It is encouraging to see that people recognize how easily the current regulations can impact our homes and quality of life.
Reached 100 supporters
July 18, 2020
117 Comments
Whilst this may be legal in planning terms it is interesting to note that three barns have been in errected in the last few months under the same planning application. All on small parcels of land within a quarter of a mile on Canada Road.
I know the farmer was in his rights to build there, but that is totally unreasonable to build exactly where he did. It looks like it could have been built 30m either side of where it is and it wouldn't have affected anyone. Totally inconsiderate!
As a former Planning Consultant this scenario has become all too familiar to me. There is no justification for farmers being increasinglyexempt from reasonable planning control and flouting the amenities of their neighbours
Quite rightly this is making local and national news - the building is an eyesore in completely the wrong place. This time it's in our village but highlighting how planning laws anywhere can be so easily circumvented, even in a National Park.
It is self evident that the rules and regulations require reassessment, based on what has happened in this case and possibly others since 2015. If the intention of the planning act is being used/abused contrary to its intended objectives, then re-examination and amendment is urgently required.
It is hard to see this as anything other than an attempt to circumvent the normally very strict planning rules of the National Park by exploiting the "letter of the law" but not the spirit. A change of the rules is clearly needed to stop such abuse and restrict development to bona-fide agricultural needs.
Where is common courtesy and common sense
Unbelievable should have never been allowed
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Whilst this may be legal in planning terms it is interesting to note that three barns have been in errected in the last few months under the same planning application. All on small parcels of land within a quarter of a mile on Canada Road.