Policy information sourced from Capel Neighbourhood Development Plan
CA-BGP02
Proposals for the use of existing agricultural buildings on farmsteads for employment purposes will be supported, subject to the following criteria:
- the employment use can be contained within the building concerned without extension or external storage;
- any conversion works are carried out in a manner appropriate to the character of the building and have no adverse impact on its surroundings; and
- the use concerned does not generate any unacceptable traffic impacts or detrimentally affect the character of the rural road work.
Where the property is within the Green Belt the proposal should not have a materially greater impact than the present use on the openness of the Green Belt and the purpose of including land within its boundaries. Proposals that provide starter business units will be particularly supported.
For more information please see the Neighbourhood Development Plan