In many cases new agricultural or forestry buildings, extensions and tracks can be given consent under a streamlined agricultural notification process and do not require full planning permission.
This process allows specific works and operations, subject to a list of criteria, to be considered under a shorted 28-day notice rather than the traditional eight-week determination period.
Agricultural notification applications can be used to create:
- New agricultural buildings
- New agricultural tracks
- Agricultural extensions
- Ponds for fish farming
- Livestock buildings - under certain circumstances
- Certain excavations and waste disposal
Evidence will be needed to confirm the proposed works are ‘reasonably necessary’. We work closely with our rural department to provide agricultural appraisals to justify the need.
