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A partly built “house-like” agricultural building which is a “blot on the beautiful Gloucestershire landscape” looks set to be demolished. Ian Greenwood has been refused permission by for an agricultural building to provide storage, shelter and a workshop for daytime orchard staff near Newent. The part-retrospective proposals for Herridge Orchards at Pool Hill in Pauntley north of were debated this week.

The applicant said the building, which was designed to have a footprint 407.8m2, was to provide a facility for supporting more intensive growing methods which is a project under development by the applicant in order to supply increased local produce. The building would have consisted of a propagation preparation area, workshop, machinery storage, bin storage, general storage area, toilet, two covered open areas and a mezzanine floor for light storage, according to the report considered by councillors.



Paul Eastabrook, of Parish Council, spoke against the proposals at the development management committee meeting on June 11. He said the parish council “stumbled upon” the development “almost by chance in 2023.” “We only became aware of the current development once the work was already substantially underway and after concerned residents brought it to our attention.

“Parishioners and parish council members at the time experienced logistical difficulties in attempting to take good quality photographs but were nonetheless aware the building was being erected in .

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