Are there any specific smaller settlements that require employment sites to be allocated?
Farmers are increasingly looking to diversify beyond agriculture to supplement their incomes through activities such as holiday accommodation, bed and breakfast, tourism developments, sport and recreational activities, nature trails, farm shops, equestrian businesses and industrial/storage accommodation. Farm diversification is advantageous in that it helps to diversify the rural economy and provides valuable local employment opportunities. However, such proposals may be in relatively isolated locations and are not always accessible by public transport and may lead to problems of excessive traffic generation. Government and regional guidance recognises that diversification into non-agricultural activities is vital to the continuing viability of many farm enterprises and states that local planning authorities must set out in their LDF the criteria that should be considered when determining future planning applications for farm diversification schemes. The guidance states that schemes sh
