The applicant states that the purpose of the roof extension is for residential and office use. However two previous planning permissions for the property, granted shortly after 14th September 1989, made it clear that The dwelling so permitted shall be occupied only by persons employed or last employed full time, locally in Agricultural or Forestry Work and The development shall take the form of a single storey dwelling and for the avoidance of doubt, a chalet type bungalow is unacceptable.

Those conditions remain in force. Consequently the application as submitted would lead to a breach of planning conditions if approved. The appropriate route for the applicant would be to remove the planning conditions with a section 73 application, not ignore them.

We were also concerned to see there is a new track from the entrance of the bungalow to the rear of the adjacent barn. No planning permission exists for the track.

The Society has objected to this application due to the intended breach of planning conditions and a failure to follow the local development plan guidance.

The application has since been withdrawn.