Issue - meetings

Conversion and extension of agricultural building for stables, formation of ménage, improvements to existing access, hard surfaced parking and turning area and change of use of land for the keeping of horses.

Application for the conversion and extension of agricultural building for stables, formation of ménage, improvements to existing access, hard surfaced parking and turning area and change of use of land for the keeping of horses.

Notwithstanding the officer’s recommendation that the application be approved, Councillor O’Shea proposed refusal on the grounds of the intrusion and overbearing nature the application would have on the countryside and the detriment to highway safety. Councillor Cartwright seconded Councillor O’Shea’s proposal and upon being put to the vote this motion was LOST.

It was then moved by Councillor Sutton and seconded by Councillor Hodgkins that the application be approved. Cllr Roberts, seconded by Councillor O’shea moved an amendment that a condition be added to require removal of the concrete base. The amendment, being accepted by the mover and seconder, was put to the vote and subsequently CARRIED and it was

                        RESOLVED – the application be approved subject to the conditions contained officer’s report and an amended condition requiring the removal of the concrete base.