- By Harriet Heywood & Joanna Taylor
- BBC News, Peterborough and Local Democracy Reporting Service
Image supply, The Dog Play Co
Jason Dean stated he had no concept utilizing the sector would “trigger this a lot hassle”
The proprietor of a canine walking business says he “felt like a prison” after he was denied planning permission.
Jason Dean, 41, stated he was unaware permission was wanted to alter the usage of an agricultural subject to a canine train park.
Retrospective plans for the positioning close to the Bronze Age Flag Fen settlement have been rejected by Peterborough City Council.
Mr Dean began the business in 2016 “recurrently walking dogs”.
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The Dog Play Company has grown in reputation because it was based
The business grew and in 2022 the landowners granted him use of the sector for exercising the dogs.
Dog play gear, a transport container for storage, picket shed, and further fencing, have been added to the positioning with out planning consent.
As the land, between the junction of The Droveway and Northey Road, is close to an historical monument, Historic England deemed the additions “unauthorised works”.
But, as a result of it deemed the works have been comparatively superficial, the heritage company stated it might not take additional motion and it was “finest thought-about as a planning matter”.
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Around 22 letters of help have been submitted, considered one of which deemed the positioning of “good neighborhood worth”
Mr Dean stated that when he first moved on to the sector he was instructed by landowners to not fear about planning permission as it might be “used for the same objective – earlier than it had horses; now it might have dogs”.
“I did not suppose I used to be doing something incorrect or that altering the land from an agricultural subject to a canine train park would trigger this a lot hassle,” he stated.
“Everything comes with penalties when you do not observe the principles, however as a small business, I didn’t know it might be seen as making a giant change.
“I felt like a prison seeing it reported that we might face these fines, it’s damaging.”
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Dog play gear, a transport container for storage, picket shed, and further fencing, have been added with out planning consent
Mr Dean stated “it’s nonetheless a subject… there aren’t any everlasting adjustments to the land” and he deliberate to attraction towards the choice.
He added that a number of of his prospects have been XL bully homeowners and required the enclosed area.
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He stated he was unaware permission was wanted to alter the usage of the sector
The council, which is led by the Peterborough First group as a minority administration, stated as a result of there could be 4 part-time workers on website, there was “a transparent potential for a rise in site visitors”.
It added that there was inadequate info submitted by the applicant about how this might be managed.
In its determination discover, it stated: “In future, you must chorus from enterprise any bodily works on website with out the required Ancient Monuments consent or threat a prison prosecution and penalties to a most of £50,000.”
It added that the appliance was not according to planning coverage as a result of it might represent a growth within the countryside, which is exterior its Local Plan.
