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30/06/2011 11:33:19
Planning changes must not disadvantage farm tenants
The Tenant Farmers Association has responded to the Government’s Consultation Paper on the relaxation of the planning rules for change of use from commercial to residential by stressing the need to ensure appropriate safeguards are introduced for tenant farmers where the occupation of the land is different to the ownership.
TFA National Chairman Jeremy Walker said, ’We support proposals to encourage economic activity in rural areas and the removal of regulatory burdens on businesses, however it is vital that the personal circumstances of tenant farmers are taken into account’.
’Where farm buildings are used and occupied by tenants, change of use should continue to require planning permission in the usual way so that the impact on tenants can be properly taken into account. In every case, occupiers should be notified of any planning applications and the personal circumstances and potential hardship faced by occupiers, as well as the value of their businesses to a community should not to be ignored in the administration of planning control’, said Mr Walker.
A key driver identified within the Consultation Paper is the need to make sure that there is increased housing stock. The TFA believes that part of the solution for rural areas is to ensure that agricultural restrictions on dwellings are properly enforced.
’At the moment it is too easy for owners of dwellings upon which agricultural restrictions apply to have the restrictions removed. The TFA believes that the agricultural restrictions on these dwellings should be protected by statute so that they can no longer be removed. To go further than that, clearly there is a need for affordable housing for a range of key workers in rural areas. As part of the process of protecting the restrictions on these dwellings the TFA believes that there is scope for extending the restrictions to include key, rural workers’, said Mr Walker.
TFA National Chairman Jeremy Walker said, ’We support proposals to encourage economic activity in rural areas and the removal of regulatory burdens on businesses, however it is vital that the personal circumstances of tenant farmers are taken into account’.
’Where farm buildings are used and occupied by tenants, change of use should continue to require planning permission in the usual way so that the impact on tenants can be properly taken into account. In every case, occupiers should be notified of any planning applications and the personal circumstances and potential hardship faced by occupiers, as well as the value of their businesses to a community should not to be ignored in the administration of planning control’, said Mr Walker.
A key driver identified within the Consultation Paper is the need to make sure that there is increased housing stock. The TFA believes that part of the solution for rural areas is to ensure that agricultural restrictions on dwellings are properly enforced.
’At the moment it is too easy for owners of dwellings upon which agricultural restrictions apply to have the restrictions removed. The TFA believes that the agricultural restrictions on these dwellings should be protected by statute so that they can no longer be removed. To go further than that, clearly there is a need for affordable housing for a range of key workers in rural areas. As part of the process of protecting the restrictions on these dwellings the TFA believes that there is scope for extending the restrictions to include key, rural workers’, said Mr Walker.
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