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<blockquote data-quote="HereBeDragons" data-source="post: 5398700" data-attributes="member: 88850"><p>Filled in forms, big long covering letter explaining what the farm does and why we need the space (it's only 25 acres but currently have no undercover space at all at the moment).</p><p></p><p>Elevation drawings, yes. I recruited a qualified architect and expert CAD draftsman. Gave him a specification and dimensions, etc. and he did the drawings for me. He's based in Bulgaria and charged me $15 per hour for 7 hours = about £80. Worth every penny. Dread to think what an architect/engineer in the UK would have cost for the same.</p><p></p><p>Site plan, I got lucky, have a friend who worked for Ordnance Survey as a surveyor and his wife works for the EA, so between them they got me maps and sorted the site plan for me.</p><p></p><p>Also did a design statement for the barn, detailing cladding, colours, design and reasons for choosing, along with some details of the hedging that will be installed to screen the building from the track (although it's a private track anyway).</p><p></p><p>Finally, in my covering letter, I heavily detailed why we need each square metre of space based on current operations, right down to the cubic space required for hay/straw/feed and how many square metres each piece of equipment will use in the barn.</p><p></p><p>I figured if they refuse it for any reason, it's a relatively easy appeal as the detail is already all there.</p><p></p><p>I'm a bit of a softy for the countryside, so there's no concrete outside (using permeable paving) and the barn will be wooden clad rather than box profile steel. Within a couple of years the wood should weather in and it'll actually look quite nice. If you've gotta have farm buildings in the countryside, they might as well look nice, right?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HereBeDragons, post: 5398700, member: 88850"] Filled in forms, big long covering letter explaining what the farm does and why we need the space (it's only 25 acres but currently have no undercover space at all at the moment). Elevation drawings, yes. I recruited a qualified architect and expert CAD draftsman. Gave him a specification and dimensions, etc. and he did the drawings for me. He's based in Bulgaria and charged me $15 per hour for 7 hours = about £80. Worth every penny. Dread to think what an architect/engineer in the UK would have cost for the same. Site plan, I got lucky, have a friend who worked for Ordnance Survey as a surveyor and his wife works for the EA, so between them they got me maps and sorted the site plan for me. Also did a design statement for the barn, detailing cladding, colours, design and reasons for choosing, along with some details of the hedging that will be installed to screen the building from the track (although it's a private track anyway). Finally, in my covering letter, I heavily detailed why we need each square metre of space based on current operations, right down to the cubic space required for hay/straw/feed and how many square metres each piece of equipment will use in the barn. I figured if they refuse it for any reason, it's a relatively easy appeal as the detail is already all there. I'm a bit of a softy for the countryside, so there's no concrete outside (using permeable paving) and the barn will be wooden clad rather than box profile steel. Within a couple of years the wood should weather in and it'll actually look quite nice. If you've gotta have farm buildings in the countryside, they might as well look nice, right? [/QUOTE]
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