Advice to Planning Authorities

Rural Planning often involves exceptions to more normal restrictive policies in the countryside. The countryside needs agriculture and other rural pursuits to survive but dealing with planning applications can be complex.

Agricultural and Equine dwellings in particular require functional and financial tests to be undertaken. Unlike all other applications they can involve analysis of accounts or assessment of the needs of the businesses ranging from farrowing pigs to the growing of lettuces.

Acorus have the necessary expertise to provide technical back up to the planning process to include:-

• Desk Exercises
• Full Appraisals
• Ad Hoc Advice
• General Permitted Development Interpretation under Part 6 of the GDO
• Environmental Impact Assessments
• Removal of Agricultural Ties including Valuations

Current and past clients include numerous Local Authorities, examples being Stafford, Aylesbury Vale, South Cambridgeshire and Colchester.

Speak to your regional office for more information.