# New House Lane, Winmarleigh (agricultural barn and polytunnel, Part 6)

- **Decision:** dismissed, 1 September 2026
- **Decided by:** Planning Inspector: N Unwin
- **Authority:** Wyre (North West)
- **Appeal reference:** 6006824
- **Application reference:** 25/00882/AGR
- **Procedure:** written-representations
- **Development:** Part 6 Class A prior approval for a hay and machinery barn and a 7 m x 15 m polytunnel on a 5.2 ha holding
- **Site context:** open-countryside
- **Green Belt:** no
- **Framework applied:** No Framework version cited
- **Determinative policies:** GPDO Sch2 Pt6 Class A A.2
- **Main issues:** commencement, agricultural need
- **Tags:** tier-2, prior-approval, agricultural-building, costs-application

## Summary
An agricultural building and polytunnel were accepted as reasonably necessary on a new holding, but the appeal failed because the polytunnel frame had already been partly put up (DL 24).

## What made the difference
Development had begun before the prior-approval process, which takes it outside Part 6 Class A.

## Policy findings
- **GPDO Sch2 Pt6 Class A A.2: fail.** polytunnel frame already partly erected, so development had begun before the determination (DL 10-14)
- **GPDO Sch2 Pt6 Class A: pass.** agricultural trade or business in its early years; buildings reasonably necessary (DL 15-23)

## Key facts
- Frame on skids was still a building given its size and permanence (DL 11-12)

## Sources
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/comment-planning-appeal/appeals/6006824
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/published-document/caec0377-b5c5-43d1-b0d0-b01697db97b9

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