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Prism Ag Rural Planning are pleased to end 2023 with two more Green Belt planning approvals

Prism Ag Rural Planning are pleased to bring 2023 to a close with two more Green Belt planning approvals:

   Full Planning Permission for 1 x New Build Dwelling, Conversion of a 1700s…

Prism Ag Rural Planning are pleased to add two Green Belt planning approvals to the 2023 tally:

Prism Ag Rural Planning are pleased to add two Green Belt planning approvals to the 2023 tally:

Prism Ag Rural Planning are pleased to receive two Green Belt planning approvals to…

Success! Prism Ag Rural Planning adds another agricultural planning approval to our tally for 2023

Prism Ag Rural Planning are pleased to receive another planning approval to add to the 2023 tally:

   Prior Approval Livestock Building + Feed Silo and Hardstanding Area in East Yorkshire.
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Success! Prism Ag Rural Planning adds a further four planning approvals to our tally for 2023

Prism Ag Rural Planning are pleased to add a further four planning approvals to our tally for 2023:

   Prior Approval Class Q Barn Conversion in the Surrey greenbelt.
   Full Planning for…

Success! Prism Ag Rural Planning starts 2023 with three planning approvals

Prism Ag are pleased to receive the following three planning approvals starting off the 2023 year:

    Replacement Dwelling using fallback volume creating a substantial detached dwelling in the South Yorkshire…

Success! Prism Ag Rural Planning adds three more planning approvals to finish 2022

Prism Ag are pleased to receive the following three planning approvals finalising our tally of approvals for the 2022 year:

•     2 x Prior Approval Class Q Barn Conversions in North Yorkshire.
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A British Agricultural Consultant's Journey to Bobon, Northern Samar, Philippines - November 2022

In November 2022, agricultural consultant Tom Warren from Prism Agriculture Ltd, UK visited the province area of Bobon, Northern Samar, Philippines. Whilst there, he learned that the Philippines…

Success! Prism Ag achieves Reserved Matters Approval on first submission for three dwellings in Wakefield Green Belt.

Prism Ag are delighted to announce that today Wakefield Council has approved our Reserved Matters Approval application for three new homes on a infill plot in the Wakefield Green Belt on…

Success! Prism Ag adds a further six planning approvals

Prism Ag are pleased to receive the following planning approvals adding to our tally of approvals for the 2022 year:

• a pair of 6 metre rear extensions on adjoining semi detached…

Success! Full Planning Granted for Two Commercial Buildings in North Lincolnshire

'Prism Ag' is delighted to have secured two full planning permissions for two applications which ran concurrently for commercial / industrial schemes in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire

Success! Green Belt Appeal Allowed by PINS for Outline Permission for 3 Dwellings

Prism Ag worked closely with the client and created a planning strategy, originally submitting a pre-application to the Local Planning Authority (LPA) on behalf of the client, the LPA response…

Success! Full Planning Granted for new American Stabling Barn, Covered Lunging Pen and Manege in North Yorkshire

Following a previous Full Planning consent for the Change of Use Land for 4.05 hectares / 10 acres of agricultural land to equestrian land back in July 2021, shown

Success! Full Planning Granted for Agricultural Building in North Yorkshire

Prism Ag has worked with the client on a series of applications in North Yorkshire which started with the change of use of a number of old redundant agricultural buildings…

Success! Full Planning for Change of Use of C3 to 3 flats in two conservation areas in Wakefield

'Prism Ag' was successful in gaining full planning consent for the Change of Use of a single dwellinghouse (use class C3) into three flats in Wakefield City Centre, the existing…

Successful condition discharges for Archaeology and Landscaping in Dacorum Borough

Prism Ag assisted a client to successfully discharge two pre-commencement conditions attached to a full planning consent, the conditions applied by Dacorum Borough Council were for an Archaeological Assessment and…

Success! Agricultural Building into Two Residential Dwellings in North Yorkshire

Prism Ag successfully granted Class Q approval for the conversion of a large redundant agricultural livestock building to form one large and one small dwelling houses in North Yorkshire. The…

Success! Agricultural Building into Two Residential Dwellings in North Yorkshire

Prism Ag was granted Class Q approval for the conversion of a large redundant agricultural storage building to form two large dwelling houses in North Yorkshire. The barn conversion building…

Success! Full Planning Granted for Change of Use of Land to mixed Agri/Equestrian Land

'Prism Ag' successful in gaining full planning consent for the Change of Use of 4.05 hectares (10 acres) of agricultural grazing land to a mixed agricultural and equestrian use for…

Success! Full Planning Granted for new Stables, Horse Walker and Manege in the Surrey Hills

The applicants site is in designated Green Belt, the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) as well as an Area of Great Landscape Value (AGLV), an earlier permission…

Success! Full Planning Granted for an Agricultural Building on Article 4 Land in Dacorum Borough

Prism Ag was approached by the client in early 2020 following several prior approval applications which the LPA made the applicant withdraw three times, various spurious reasons were cited, and…

Success! Full Planning Granted for Extension to Class Q in South Yorkshire

Following the grant of Prior Approval for a Class Q barn conversion for the client in 2018, Prism Ag applied for an adjacent agricultural workshop building last used for car…

Success! No Prior Approval Required for Forestry Building in Rural Sheffield

Prism Ag was approached by a client with a block of unmanaged woodland on a hillside above a reservoir in the Sheffield district, the applicant wanted a building in which…

Success! No Prior Approval Required for Agricultural Building in Kirklees

Prism Ag prepared an Agricultural Statement for Planning using appropriate industry calculations to justify that the proposed general purpose agricultural building in the Kirklees Council area, met the essential need…

Success! Agricultural Building into Four Residential Dwellings in North Yorkshire

Prism Agriculture Ltd was granted Class Q approval for the conversion of a large redundant agricultural building to form four small single dwelling houses each with 96 square metres of floorspace…

Success! Agricultural Grain Store to a Single 463 sqm Residential Dwelling in North Yorkshire

Prism Agriculture Ltd was granted Class Q approval for the conversion of a large redundant agricultural building to form a large single dwelling house with 463 square metres of floorspace in…

Success! Full Planning granted for 'upside-down' house ancillary to a dwelling granted under Class Q

Prism Ag successfully gains full planning permission for a 2-bed ancillary 'upside down' barn conversion scheme using a former agricultural workshop building with limited curtilage, including the extension of the…

Success! Prior Approval Granted for an Agricultural Track in North Yorkshire

Prism Ag successful with the extension of an agricultural track on farm land in North Yorkshire, the applicants existing track fell some 27 metres short of a new general purpose…

Success! Full Planning granted for a 4-Bed Barn Conversion in South Yorkshire

Prism Ag was successfully gained full planning permission for the Change of Use of this former agricultural livestock building in the Barnsley Green Belt, whilst the barn was originally erected…

Success! Agricultural Occupancy Condition (AOC) removed from property in East Riding of Yorkshire

Prism Ag has successfully removed an Agricultural Occupancy Condition (AOC) or Ag Tie / Ag Tag from a detached farmhouse with a large curtilage in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

At…

Success! Full Planning granted for a General Purpose Agricultural Machinery Building in the Harrogate District

Prism Ag prepared an Agricultural Statement for Planning using appropriate industry calculations to justify that the proposed general purpose agricultural machinery building in the Harrogate Borough Council area, met the…

Success! Full Planning & Listed Building Consent granted in Wakefield Conservation Area

Prism Ag was successful in gaining Full Planning Approval & Listed Building Consent for amendments to a first floor flat within and to the immediate rear of a Grade 2…

Success! Dual Appeals Allowed for Class A Agricultural Building & Class E Forestry Building in Kent

Prism Ag submitted two Prior Approval applications (Agricultural Building under Part 6, Class A and a separate Forestry Building under Part 6, Class E) on behalf of the client, the…

Success! The High Court quashes PINS Inspectors Green Belt Decision

Following a refusal of planning permission in April 2020, Prism Ag submitted a Planning Appeal on behalf of the applicant/appellant which was subsequently dismissed by a Planning Inspector, it was…

Success! Prior Approval Granted for Agricultural Livestock Building in the East Riding of Yorkshire

Following on from Prism Ag's successful collaboration with Galebreaker Agri, which we previously covered in a Case Study during the submission of this application, Prism Ag and the client…

Success! Full Planning granted for Industrial / Commercial Building including vehicular access and parking in North Lincolnshire

Planning permission granted to erect workshops for industrial and commercial use including vehicular access and parking in Scunthorpe, whereby Prism Ag acquired the management of this application post-submission through to…

Prism Ag becomes the first UK Agricultural & Rural Planning Consultancy to collaborate with Galebreaker Agri

Case Study

‘Prism Ag’ received a client instruction in June 2020, following an advisory site visit in April 2018 where Tom Warren, Director at Prism Ag met with the clients at…

Success! CLEUD Granted for a Breach of Agricultural Occupancy Condition (AOC) in excess of 10 years on a property in East Riding of Yorkshire

Prism Ag successful in gaining a Certificate of Lawfulness (CLEUD) for a breach of Agricultural Occupancy Condition (AOC) in excess of 10 years, this prevents enforcement action by the Local…

Success! Prior Approval Granted for Extension of an Agricultural Track in North Yorkshire

Prism Ag successful with the extension of an agricultural track on farm land in North Yorkshire, the applicants existing track fell some 35 metres short of a new agricultural machinery…

CLEUD Granted for Horse Stables, an Equestrian Corral + Access Track on grazing land in West Yorkshire

Prism Ag successful with a Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use or Development (CLEUD) application GRANTED for horse stables, equestrian corral and an access track which had been in continual…

400 fruit trees planted on 1.25 acres for new semi-commercial heritage orchard project within the Harrogate District

Prism Ag has been working with a client in the Harrogate area of North Yorkshire since mid 2019, taking care of soil sampling, arranging independent laboratory analysis of the soil…

Success! No Prior Approval Required for a Hay / Apple Storage Barn in the Harrogate District

Prism Ag prepared an Agricultural Statement for Planning using appropriate industry calculations to justify a proposed hay and fruit storage barn in the Harrogate Borough Council area, met the essential…

Success! No Prior Approval Required for an Agricultural Building in the Harrogate District

Prism Ag prepared an Agricultural Statement for Planning using appropriate industry calculations to justify that the proposed general purpose agricultural machinery building in the Harrogate Borough Council area, met the…

Full Planning granted for Change of Use of agricultural building to dwelling in South Yorkshire.

Prism Ag successful in gaining Full Planning permission for the Change of Use of a former agricultural building within the Green Belt in South Yorkshire, whilst the building was originally…

Success! Full Planning approval for a new visibility splay and Farm Access in Surrey

Prism Ag's involvement included liaising with both Surrey County Council' Principle Transport Development Planner, and a Transport Planning Consultant from within Prism Ag's supply chain to re-design a farm visibility…

Success! Prior Approval Granted for Agricultural Track in Derbyshire Dales District

Prism Ag's land surveyor prepared a Topographical Survey of the land due to the gradient of the land, Prism Ag prepared the Agricultural Supporting Statement as well as the Prior…

Success! No Prior Approval Required for Agricultural Barn in Derbyshire Dales District

Prism Ag's surveyor prepared a Topographical Survey of the land for the proposed siting location of the agricultural building due to the gradient of the land, Prism Ag prepared the…

UK Government committed to planting 11 million trees by 2022

The UK Government has committed to planting 11 million trees by 2022, in order to tackle climate change. Trees are a natural carbon sink which results in carbon sequestration. Other…

Success! No Prior Approval Required for Agricultural PD Barn in Surrey

Prism Ag prepared the Agricultural Statement as well as the Prior Approval application to support the proposal for a 600 sq metre agricultural storage barn for the storage of hay…

Success! Change of Use of Agri Land to mixed Agri/Equestrian in West Sussex

Prism Ag successful in gaining full planning permission to change the use of 2.1 hectares (5.2 acres) of agricultural land to a mixed agricultural and equestrian use. The well-screened land…

CLOPUD Lawful Development Certificate GRANTED for a single storey rear extension

Prism Ag successful with a Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed Use or Development (CLOPUD) application GRANTED for a single storey rear extension at a residential property in North Yorkshire.

Success! Agricultural Occupancy Condition (AOC) removed from property in South Yorkshire

Prism Ag has successfully removed an Agricultural Occupancy Condition (AOC) or Ag Tie / Ag Tag from a detached farmhouse in South Yorkshire.

CLEUD Granted for Containers / Outbuildings / Structures sited on a farm in West Yorkshire

Prism Ag successful with a Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use or Development (CLEUD) application GRANTED for outbuildings, curtain sided lorry trailers and shipping containers for purposes ancillary to the…

Full Planning (retrospective) granted for the winter housing of livestock in an agricultural pd building in West Yorkshire

The client approached Prism Agriculture Ltd for assistance with rural planning matters following the grant of a 1 year temporary planning consent in 2018.

The 1 year temporary permission was granted…

Successful condition discharge of Phase 1 Contaminated Land Risk Assessment in West Yorkshire

Prism Ag successful in discharging a condition for a Phase 1 potentially Contaminated Land Risk Assessment, the condition was applied by the local planning authority as pre-commencement condition to a…

Chartered Environmentalist status gained

Tom Warren, Director of Prism Ag has gained Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) status from the Society for the Environment in recognition that he has clearly demonstrated the knowledge, experience and commitment…

Class Q success with 453 sq metre conversion in South Yorkshire

Prism Agriculture Ltd was granted Class Q approval for the conversion of a large redundant agricultural building to form a large 6-bedroom dwelling with 453 square metres of floorspace…

Class R success in South Yorkshire

Prism Agriculture Ltd was granted approval for the Change of Use of a former agricultural livestock building in the Green Belt to Use Class A1 (Shops) in South Yorkshire

The proposal…

Class Q success near Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Prism Agriculture Ltd was granted approval in the Green Belt for the conversion of an agricultural machinery building to form a pair of 1.5 storey (mezzanine level) semi-detached dwellings near…

Class Q success in South Yorkshire

Prism Agriculture Ltd was granted approval for the conversion of a redundant agricultural livestock building to form a pair of single storey semi-detached dwellings in South Yorkshire

The proposed conversion building…

Business Collaboration

Prism Agriculture's 'Business Collaboration' strategy is about having an ability to think ‘outside the box’ whilst ‘inside the box’ at the same time, enabling Tom to be presented with a…

Agricultural Machinery Barn

Prism Agriculture Ltd (PA) has been successful in assisting a client’s Town Planning Consultant to gain Prior Approval for a new timber-framed agricultural machinery building to support a small commercial…

New Extensive Beef Unit in Surrey

Prism Agriculture Ltd (PA) has been successful as part of an extensive team of consultants working on behalf of a client to gain Approval with a Full Planning Application for…

Orchard & Apple Store

Prism Ag has been successful in assisting a client’s Town Planning Consultant to gain Prior Approval for a new traditional style staddle barn to support a small commercial Orchard on…