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Search the Public Notice PortalCHESHIRE West planners have told the owners of a farm in Farndon that an agricultural shed will require prior permission.
The application for the shed is for Kingslee in Worthenbury Road in Crewe-by-Farndon, outside Chester, and was submitted to council planning officers on Thursday, June 19.
According to a design and access statement submitted with the application, the farm business was created in April 2024.
The statement said: “As stated above, the applicant is a relatively new, but established and operational agricultural business which turns a profit.
“The ambition is for mixed farming, primarily the production of sileage, with secondary elements including soft fruit and laying hens.
“This generates a need for secure and dry storage for high-value farm vehicles and machinery and various other related items.
“The building would not house any livestock.”
It added: “There is no requirement for an agricultural unit to have been established for any particular length of time.
“Various appeal decisions have held that a farming business can qualify for the rights providing it is operational and appears viable (although there is no requirement to provide any detailed financial justification).
In this case, the ‘agricultural unit’ comprises circa 14 hectares of agricultural land which has been farmed as a single entity by the applicant, an agricultural business, since April 2024.
“The agricultural unit at present has no access to any farm buildings.
“The traditional barns associated with the historical iteration of Kingslee Farm have long since been converted to non-agricultural uses, and prior to the establishment of Kingslee Farming Ltd.
“Those buildings no longer form part of any agricultural unit. It is a critical point that Kingslee Farming Ltd is an entirely different agricultural entity to the former Kingslee Farm, which has ceased to exist.
“The only thing that each share is the name Kingslee.”
However, Cheshire West and Chester Council planning officer Helen Jameson said the application required permission.
She said that as the application was for farm equipment which was not described, it did not pass the thrershold for not requiring permission.
She said: “The proposed development would not be permitted development and requires planning permission even if the issues raised above could be addressed.”
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