Comment
Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan - Options and Preferred Options
Representation ID: 22193
Received: 06/02/2017
Respondent: Mr Andrew Wedmore
Agree with proposed policy, and would add the following. Within the AONB, equestrianisation should be resisted if there is any adverse landscape impact - this should be the main criterion. 7.17 mentions mobile field shelters: it should be understood that a field shelter is an open-sided building where the animal can wander in and out at will - quite distinct from stabling, where the animal can be shut in. Stabling an animal in any place not immediately adjacent to a dwelling house cannot be safe; and therefore such a building is not suitable for its declared purpose.
Agree with proposed policy, and would like to add the following thoughts. Within the AONB in particular, equestrianisation should be resisted if there is any adverse landscape impact - this should be the main criterion. 7.17 mentions mobile field shelters: it should be understood that a field shelter is an open-sided building where the animal can wander in and out at will - literally to take shelter as it wants to. It should not be confused with stabling, where the animal is, or can be, shut in. Stabling an animal in any place that is not immediately adjacent to a dwelling house cannot be safe; and therefore such a building is simply not suitable for its declared purpose.