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Search the Public Notice PortalTwo rural Herefordshire houses are no longer required to house farm workers, after their owners showed this rule had already been breached for over 10 years.
Permission for the two-storey White Friars, part of Friars Court Farm, Weston Beggard east of Hereford, was granted in 1968 on condition it was occupied solely by “persons working locally in agriculture and their dependants”.
But since March 2014 it has been continuously let out to tenants unconnected to farming, owner Zoe Jones, claimed – rendering the breach of the occupancy condition unenforceable.
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Agreed to grant a certificate of lawfulness to this effect, planning officer Amber Morris said no evidence had been submitted to contradict Ms Jones’ sworn submission.
“The occupation is lawful given that the time in which any enforcement action could be taken has now expired,” Miss Morris concluded.
The same dispensation was also sought a house of similar age and size at Lowdy Hall Farm, Ullingswick between Hereford and Bromyard.
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The two-storey Springfield, between the farm and the main road, was approved in 1964, again on condition it was only occupied by a local farm worker and dependants.
Owner Ann Meredith claimed this too has been let to a non-farming couple since June 2014, and provided a declaration to this effect.
The same planning officer, Amber Morris, was again satisfied that in the absence of evidence to the contrary, a certificate of lawfulness could be granted overriding the farming occupancy condition.
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