Department of Environment and Planning Borough Council Of

Department of Environment and Planning

Borough Council of Wellingborough Swanspool House Doddington Road Wellingborough NN8 1BP

18 January 2021 Our ref: HSP/LEA/U00015243 Your ref:

Dear Sir / Madam

Prior Approval application for a proposed building and associated works for agricultural use: Poplars Yard, Thrapston Road, Finedon, Wellingborough, NN9 5HN

Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A/B/E

We are instructed to submit an application to determine if prior approval is required for the proposed erection of a building and associated works for agricultural use by our client R.W. Beaty (Farms) Ltd (“the applicant”) at Poplars Yard, Thrapston Road, Finedon, Wellingborough, NN9 5HN (“the site”).

The Beaty family farm land within the Borough Council of Wellingborough area and they are seeking to extend an existing farm hub at the Poplars Yard site adjacent to residential accommodation already used by workers on the farm and other farm buildings

The proposal is for the erection of a new agricultural building and associated works to provide a new workshop and machinery storage for the existing farm and this proposed building is considered to fall within permitted development as identified the Town and County Planning (General Permitted Development) (England Order 2015 (as amended).

The application comprises:  Completed application form;  Location Plan at 1:1250 scale indicating site edged red (Ref.HSP/LEA/U0015423);  Location Plan at 1:10,000 scale indicating site edged blue (Ref. B.15.934);  Proposed site plan (Ref. HSP/LEA/U0015243/2); and  Proposed elevations and floor plan (Ref. 2021/1/A).

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A payment of £96 in respect of the application fee for Prior Approval applications has been paid directly to the Planning Portal by the applicant.

The Site The existing farm site at Poplars Yard is located on Thrapston Road, approximately 2km from the northwest edge of the village of Finedon, and approximately 7.5km northwest of the centre of Wellingborough. The site is located within the open countryside but is positioned immediately east of the A510 Thrapston Road and is located approximately 3km south of the A14.

The submitted location plan (Ref. HSP/LEA/U0015423) indicates the site boundary, which is 5.448 ha. All buildings within the vicinity of the site are related to the existing farm use, including the residential bungalows at Thrapston Road where farm workers live.

The site includes a large road accessway incorporating visibility splays off Thrapston Road, which leads into a farmyard, which in turn leads into an internal road leading south east through the farm land. The internal road represents the boundary between the Borough of Wellingborough and East Northamptonshire District Council

Two large agricultural buildings are located to the north east of the internal road in close proximity to Thrapston Road, outside of the red-line boundary on the location plan. These buildings are owned by the applicant as part of the farm, but are located within the East Northamptonshire Council boundary. Planning permission was granted for the eastern grain store building on 11 March 2009 (ref. EN/08/02230/FUL) by East Northamptonshire Council.

The site itself is comprised of smaller farm buildings, a yard, and agricultural land. The new building is proposed on agricultural land.

The Proposal The proposal for which a determination of prior approval is sought consists of a new workshop/machinery store building is proposed to be located to the rear of the existing farm buildings on existing agricultural land, approximately 20m from the existing internal road, and 25m from the closest building (situated adjacent to the internal road).

The proposed building is rectangular in shape and the design is comprised of the following dimensions:  Length: 42.00m  Width: 20.00m  Ridge Height: 8.96m  Eaves Height: 07.20m  Area: 840sqm

A site plan (Ref. HSP/LEA/U0015243/2), floor plan, and elevations (Ref. 2021/1/A) are provided as part of the application submission and set out the design of the proposed building. The materials are proposed to consist of grain retained concrete panel walls, dark green steel cladding and cement fibre roof sheets.

Assessment of the conditions, limitations and restrictions set out under Class A  The size of the agricultural holding exceeds 5 hectares, and the parcel of land that the development would be carried out on is more than 1 hectare in area.

 The building is to be used for agricultural purposes – workshop and the storage of farm machinery.  the proposal does not consist of the erection of any agricultural buildings on an established agricultural unit where development under Class Q or S of Part 3 (changes of use) of the Schedule have been carried out within a period of 10 years ending with the date on which the development under Class A(a) begins.  The proposed structure is designed for agricultural purposes.  The proposal does not consist of any alterations to a dwelling.  The total floor area of the proposed building and any engineering operations is under 1000 square metres (840 sqm).  While the structure would be more than 3 metres in height (8.96m), the site is not within 3 kilometres of an aerodrome.  The structure would not exceed 12 metres in height.  The site is not within 25 metres of a metalled part of a trunk road or classified road.  The proposed building is not to be used for the accommodation of livestock  The building would not be used for the storage of slurry or sewage sludge.  It does not involve excavations or engineering operations on or over article 1(6) land which are connected with fish farming. The development is not within the curtilage of a protected building  The structure would not be used for storing fuel for or waste from a biomass boiler or an anaerobic digestion system.

The assessment confirms that permitted development rights exist for the proposal, and it is considered that sufficient details and information have been provided to confirm that prior approval should not be required by the Borough of Wellingborough Council.

We trust that this submission contains all necessary information relevant for the determination of this application, but do not hesitate to contact Harry Spawton or Louise Armstrong if any further details are required.

Yours faithfully

Gerald Eve LLP