1 AMWPDP.23.06.08
Wychavon District Council Notes of the Meeting of the Agriculture and Migrant Workers Policy Development Panel held at 9.00 a.m. on Monday 23 June 2008 at Ledbury and Civic Centre, Pershore. Present:- Councillor Mrs A Steel - Chairman Councillors:- Officers:-
Mrs J C Dowty Mrs J A Pearce Mrs E K Stokes K N Wright
Chris Brooks Gill Collin Phil Merrick Kath Smith Chris Wilkes
1. Apologies for absence. There were none.
2. Declarations of Interests. There were none.
3. Visit to Hereford - Presentations The Panel was welcomed by Members and Officers of the Herefordshire Council
and received presentations on the 2 documents annexed to these Notes from Officers of Herefordshire Council who answered their questions. They then visited Withers farm, Lebury for a conducted site visit by the owner who answered the Panels’ questions. The Panel after returning to the Civic Centre, Pershore made the following observations on their visit:-
• That Withers farm was a well run site, but it was acknowledged that packing and distribution took place from a site in Town,
• That the methology behind the Polytunnel policy was sound,
• That there had not yet been a challenge to the 3 month season
interpretation for seasonal workers’ accommodation,
• That their web site for potential visitors/migrant workers was a good idea and we could learn lessons from it,
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• That the resources devoted to polytunnel matters was impressive and it was noted that a planner at Herefordshire had specialised in the matter for the last 5 years,
• That the presentations were good and very interesting,
• That the compact credit card style information system was good,
• That the mixture of facilities at Withers Farm worked well and the separate
central packing house was good idea,
• The short transportation distance from farm to packing house was good, environmentally,
• That landscaping at the farm was good. In this respect members asked
the Officers to investigate whether Wychavon could insist on earlier/better landscaping before developments took place, and
• That landscaping conditions should be vigorously monitored in respect of
major developments and that all current standard landscaping conditions should be reviewed.
4. Next Meeting. Monday 14 July 2008 at 1.30pm in the Chamber (previously Training Room). The Meeting closed at 4.10 p.m. CEW
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ann
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incr
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Sof
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––K
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acts
Key
Fac
ts
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lly:
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ted
with
in th
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rea
of
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stan
ding
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Page 15
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Page 16
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info
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requ
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a
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Page 17
The
Pro
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Th
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labo
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pro
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pre
-app
licat
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advi
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hole
farm
pla
nnin
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atio
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Page 18
The
Out
com
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Out
com
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bury
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ted
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ldin
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dequ
acy
of L
ocal
H
ighw
ay N
etw
ork
Page 20
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Met
hodo
logy
/Pro
cess
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hodo
logy
/Pro
cess
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embl
e D
evel
opm
ent T
eam
(ie
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nnin
g O
ffice
r, La
ndsc
ape
Offi
cer,
Eco
logi
st, T
rans
porta
tion
Offi
cer,
Land
Dra
inag
e E
ngin
eer,
Pub
lic R
ight
s of
Way
, C
onse
rvat
ion
Offi
cer –
invo
lve
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ent
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-App
licat
ion
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cuss
ions
–be
pre
pare
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onst
rain
ts (e
g pu
blic
righ
ts o
f way
, set
ting
of li
sted
bui
ldin
gs, f
lood
pla
in) –
com
men
cem
ent o
f si
eve
map
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Met
hodo
logy
/Pro
cess
Met
hodo
logy
/Pro
cess
Wal
k –
shor
t and
long
dis
tant
vie
ws
Iden
tify
thos
e in
divi
dual
fiel
ds w
here
pol
ytun
nels
w
ould
not
be
appr
opria
teId
entif
y di
stin
ct la
ndsc
ape
char
acte
r are
as/z
ones
(if
any)
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ress
cum
ulat
ive
impa
ctLa
ndsc
ape
miti
gatio
n –r
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men
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edge
row
s et
c
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Acc
omm
odat
ion
Acc
omm
odat
ion
Nee
d fo
r acc
omm
odat
ion
only
aris
es fr
om p
olyt
unne
ls
–de
al w
ith p
olyt
unne
ls fi
rst o
r bot
h to
geth
erN
ot p
erm
itted
dev
elop
men
t unl
ess
only
for o
ne
cale
ndar
sea
son
Car
avan
s ve
rsus
per
man
ent a
ccom
mod
atio
n
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Acc
omm
odat
ion
Acc
omm
odat
ion
Con
ditio
ns1.
The
occu
patio
n of
the
cara
vans
/bui
ldin
g he
reby
per
mitt
ed s
hall
be li
mite
d to
per
sons
sol
ely
wor
king
as
an a
gric
ultu
ral w
orke
r up
on th
e ‘X
XX
X F
arm
’site
as
outli
ned
in re
d on
pla
n at
tach
ed
to th
is d
ecis
ion
notic
e;2.
Not
mor
e th
an X
X p
erso
ns s
hall
occu
py th
e ca
rava
ns/ b
uild
ing
here
by p
erm
itted
;3.
The
cara
vans
/bui
ldin
g he
reby
per
mitt
ed s
hall
not b
e oc
cupi
ed
outs
ide
the
mon
ths
of M
arch
to N
ovem
ber (
incl
usiv
e) in
any
ca
lend
ar y
ear;
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Acc
omm
odat
ion
Acc
omm
odat
ion
Pla
nnin
g O
blig
atio
n re
: bui
ldin
gU
nila
tera
l Und
erta
king
und
er th
e pr
ovis
ions
of S
ectio
n 10
6 of
the
Tow
n an
d C
ount
ry P
lann
ing
Act
199
0 (a
s am
ende
d) e
nsur
ing
that
if th
e us
e of
the
build
ing
by s
easo
nal o
r tem
pora
ry
agric
ultu
ral w
orke
rs a
t ‘X
XX
X F
arm
’cea
ses:
-•
The
build
ing
shal
l be
dem
olis
hed
•A
ll m
ater
ial r
esul
ting
from
the
dem
oliti
on s
hall
be re
mov
ed
from
the
land
; and
•Th
e la
nd s
hall
be re
stor
ed in
acc
orda
nce
with
a s
chem
e to
be
appr
oved
by
the
Cou
ncil
•6
mon
th ti
me
perio
d
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