The Appeal Court ruling over polytunnels this week suggests that they will be come more common in Herefordshire. Essentially farmers will find it easier to get planning permission where they are to be erected on land already in agricultural use - although planning permission will still be needed.
It seems a minor change but the visual effect - and the damage to landscapes - can be immense. The Wye Valley is not virgin land. Much is aleady in use for agricultural purposes and it is likely that there will be a significant increase in the effective industrialisation of the countryside.
The cost to the county is likely to be immense. Intensive farming of this type does not provide many local jobs. But tourism, which has real growth potential, will suffer a setback. The image of Herefordshire may well turn to plastic in the eyes of those who do not know the county well.
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ReplyDeleteit came in kit form and is moveable. I think it would be difficult to treat it as a building so presumably ABA would not be available. I can find nothing in my tax library indexes mentioning polytunnels. Can anyone help please? “ polytunnels
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