**Document:** Agricultural Building Planning Statement
**Application:** 18/00514/B — Erection of an agricultural building
**Decision:** Permitted
**Decision Date:** 2018-08-24
**Parish:** Bride
**Document Type:** report / planning_statement
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/11649-bride-ballakeigh-farm-west-kimmeragh-road-agricultural-building/documents/1306910

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# Agricultural Building Planning Statement

## Rural Business Consultancy

www.ruralbusinessconsultancyItd.com

Re: Erection of an Agricultural Building, Ballakeigh Farm, Bride.

The applicant, Mr Christian of Ballakeigh farm Ltd, is seeking to erect a new Agricultural Building in Field 114404 for the housing of livestock. I would be grateful if, in assessing the application, you could consider the following points:

- The farming business is based around 650 acres of which 150acres is cultivated for cropping with the remainder in grass.
- Stocking includes 60 dairy cows, 100 suckler cows, 300 young stock plus 550 ewes which are lambed in February and March.
- As a result, the farming business has a labour demand of approximately 6.26 standard labour units.
- The business is looking to erect a new livestock building $36.57 \mathrm{~m} \times 15.24 \mathrm{~m}$ ( 13.716 m plus a 1.5 m overhang) which will stand 4.57 m high to the eves and be contiguous with the existing buildings.
- As a result, the applicant wishes to remove three sycamore trees and 12 m of exiting hedge to improve access.
- The lost trees will be replaced by the planting of 10 new trees ( 3 beech, 3 Sycamore and 4 Oak) to the rear of the proposed shed, extending the existing wooded area.
- Currently the suckler cows are all out wintered along with a number of older finishing cattle. The proposed building will provide $501.7 \mathrm{~m}^{2}$ for the housing of stock. The existing buildings currently provide $1560 \mathrm{~m}^{2}$ where as there is a demand from the cattle alone of $2298 \mathrm{~m}^{2}$. With the proposed building, a short fall of $213 \mathrm{~m}^{2}$ exists. There are further buildings on the farm dedicated to the housing of the dairy herd.
- The provision of the proposed building will allow for reduced outwintering of stock, increased grass production and simpler, easier management with more stock being located on site.
- The proposed building will be clad with Yorkshire boarding style wood above a concrete wall.
- The building will be fitted with an open protected ventilated ridge as per DEFA guidelines for livestock housing.
- Roof water will be piped into existing drainage.

## Worksheet for calculation of Standard Labour unit requirements

![data table or chart from page 2](https://images.planningportal.im/2018/05/131255.jpg)

Produced by the Agriculture Directorate of Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture.
These standards figures are sourced from the SAC Farm Management Handbook 25th edition, published September 2004, page 281

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