Policy information sourced from the Combined Policies of Epping Forest District Local Plan (1998) and Alterations (2006).
E13A New and Replacement Glasshouses
Planning permission will be granted for new and replacement horticultural glasshouses within areas identified for this purpose on the Alterations Proposals Map. Glasshouses will not be permitted outside the areas subject to this policy unless the proposed development is either:
- a replacement of, or a small-scale extension to, a glasshouse or nursery outside the areas identified on the Alterations Proposals Map; or
- necessary for the modest expansion of a glasshouse or existing horticultural undertaking on a site at the edge of an area identified on the Alterations Proposals Map which is unable to expand because all the available land in that designated area is occupied by viable glasshouse undertakings, and where there is no suitable land (including redundant glasshouse land) in this or the other glasshouse areas identified on the Alterations Proposals Map;
and in all cases the proposal will not have an adverse effect on the open character or appearance of the countryside.
For more information, please see the Combined Policies document