Herefordshire cabin used to cook snails approved for holiday let conversion
Fownhope Parish Council said the property was both outside the settlement boundary and within the boundary of the Wye Valley National Landscape, and also "highly visible" from the village.Herefordshire Council planning officer Joshua Evans concluded that "small-scale holiday accommodation and the associated cooking cabin" were in line with local and national planning policy.There would be "no significant harm to landscape character, residential amenity or protected views", the officer added.A condition with the approval prevents its future use as a home, as well as restricting lighting and noise.Mr Fishbourne previously said that getting permission to diversify a rural business "can be an uphill battle". His business of supplying top-end restaurants will continue, as the snail cooking operation is being relocated to an already permitted hay store at the site.
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