Summerhouse Farm

Diversification is becoming increasingly important for many farmers, with dog training and exercise fields being a relatively low investment but lucrative venture. They can be very successful, particularly when close to a town or villageand these fields are popping up all over the countryside, but few people realise they need planning permission.

In this case, our client had made two applications to the LPA themselves, both of which were unsuccessful and so they instructed us in a final attempt to secure permission.

This is one of the most detailed and robust applications we have had to put together, for whatshould have been a simple change of use of land. We produced robust planning anddesign & access statements, along with a business plan, andundertook a sequential test to show that this was the optimal,viable location for the project, as well as taking additional measures to demonstrate sustainability