Roundhouse

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(30 December 2012, 11:01)uks Wrote:

(30 December 2012, 10:58)uks Wrote: Having been looking into the planning laws you have to prove that the farm/smallholding can give you the farm labours minimum wage or that there is a very good reason that you have to live on site ie animals with young etc.

This info was given to me by specialist consultants dealing with this type of planning application.

They are telling you the law as it is written, not as it has been interpreted by the court of appeal. As long as you can show you need to live on site and that agriculture is likely to continue on site, the particular rule regarding the profitability of the venture goes out of the window as long as it is reasonable to epect there to be enough money to pay for the venture itself - eg tax, feed, vets bills etcetera. This money does not have to come from the business itself. It could be your own you have sitting in a bank, it could be a pension or it could be the income your spouse makes.