What are the Council's Planning Policies on Diversification?
The Council wishes to encourage proposals that lead to the diversification of the rural economy where they are compatible with relevant policies in the Adopted and Revised Deposit Replacement Unitary Development Plan. The countryside within Bradford is predominantly designated as Green Belt where there is a presumption against inappropriate development and a requirement that proposals will not harm the distinctive identity of Bradford's countryside. Consequently most proposals for farm diversification will be considered against the policies relating to development in the Greenbelt.
