Erection of an extension to existing barn

General Policy 3

Requires development outside zoned areas only if essential for agriculture. Officer applied paragraph f) to accept the extension as essential for farm operations including storage and livestock shelter, outweighing general restrictions in countryside.

Environment Policy 1

Protects countryside from adverse development unless overriding national need with no alternative. Officer noted but did not detail tension, implying agricultural essentiality provided the overriding justification without landscape harm.

Environment Policy 15

Permits agricultural buildings if need outweighs countryside policy, sited near building groups, appropriate in scale/materials/siting to be sympathetic to landscape, with care near residences. Officer confirmed need met, extension adjoins existing barn with matching materials, screened location minimises impact, no unacceptable residential effects noted.