Article 5 Agricultural buildings and operations

In Class 18 in Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the 1992 Order—

(a)

for sub-paragraph (4)(a)(i) substitute—

“(i)

the developer shall, before beginning the development, apply to the planning authority for a determination as to whether the prior approval of the authority will be required to the siting, design and external appearance of the building;”; and

(b)

for sub-paragraph (5)(a) substitute—

“(a)

the area of 0.4 hectares shall comprise one piece of land except within the areas of the following planning authorities, namely Argyll and Bute District Council, Badenoch and Strathspey District Council, Caithness District Council, Inverness District Council, Lochaber District Council, Orkney Islands Council, Ross and Cromarty District Council, Shetland Islands Council, Skye and Lochalsh District Council, Sutherland District Council and Western Isles Islands Council, where the area of 0.4 hectares may be calculated by adding together the areas of separate parcels of land;”.