Sheep farmers embroiled in £80k dispute over 'inappropriate' barn

A Nottinghamshire couple fear they will have to close their farm after being locked in a years-long planning dispute with a council. Sunny and Sandy Johal-Gill, who keep more than 40 sheep in Gunthorpe, were ordered to take down a barn which Newark and Sherwood District Council deemed "inappropriate".

The unauthorised barn has been allowed to remain for the meantime, due to the presence of bats and the requirement for shelter for sheep as they give birth. But the couple fear their flock, which could double in size, will be left with no shelter at the end of lambing season. Having begun their farming careers at the Park, off Lowdham Road in 2017, the couple built a barn in order to store agricultural equipment and provide a shelter for their sheep. They did so without getting a green light from the council, instead hoping for retrospective planning permission, having been assured by an architect that it was within their curtilage.

Others were supportive of the building. "We are the neighbours with the clearest view of the building... We have no objections to the presence of this building, the style is completely in keeping with other outbuildings in the area," reads one comment. Mr Gill said: "When they said it didn’t meet the requirements I was shocked. It would look like a completely different building, we cladded the whole building, raised the roof by half a metre and put in flood defences."

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