Not going so well today.
We've had a letter from the Council saying someone has complained about the turkey shelters on the field. The letter says that the land must be used for agricultural purposes only, and that even if it is being used for agricultural purposes, land of less than 12 acres still requires planning permission for erection of buildings. I'll call the enforcement officer tomorrow and explain that the structure isn't a building, it has no base or foundation and is being used to house Christmas turkeys - a bonafide agricultural business. Plus, the site is 28 acres, comfortably larger than the 12 acres needed to erect agricultural buildings sans permission, so with any luck it will all be OK.
I am concerned that someone is obviously upset / angered buy what we are doing - enough to complain to the council.
Also, I spoke to the environment agency today regarding the stables. The recent issue being that the strip of land alongside the brook is an area of flood risk zone 2 and 3 and so the env agency don't want us to build in this area. The guy said on the phone "we take the safety of horses as seriously as the safety of people when building in a flood risk zone". Hmm. The thingy majigy here is, as I said to the env agency chap, the council want us to build the stables as close to the hedge line (and so the brook, which runs behind the hedge line) as possible so as to "minimise intrusion on the countryside". So there you are, stuck between a bit of a rock and a bit of a hard place.
My planning consultant is back from her jolly hollybobs today- think I'll call her tomorrow and see what she says.
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