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Search the Public Notice PortalThe owners of a rural Herefordshire house are the latest to seek assurance that their breach of an agricultural occupancy clause will not lead to enforcement action.
Mullens Chase in the village of Brinsop northwest of Hereford was given planning permission in 1965 on condition that its occupation “shall be limited to persons employed locally in agriculture”.
But now resident Edward Thomas has applied (number 250981) to Herefordshire Council for a certificate of lawfulness confirming that, this condition having been breached for over 10 years, it is now immune from enforcement.
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A sworn declaration by Mr Thomas, supported by payslips, says that from before the beginning of 2015 until the present day, the bungalow had been occupied by himself and his wife Sara, neither having been at any point employed in farming.
His application can be commented on until May 21, with a decision due by mid-June.
Several similar such applications for certificates of lawfulness, or “CLEUDs”, regarding agricultural occupancy have been granted in Herefordshire in recent months, after no opposing evidence was submitted.
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