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Planning inspectors need 'urgent training' on farm tenancies, says TFA

It follows a decision made by an inspector in relation to a planning appeal from a developer which had been refused consent for a solar farm on land in Somerset

Rachael Brown
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Planning inspectors need 'urgent training' on farm tenancies, says TFA

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has called on the Planning Inspectorate in England to give ‘urgent training' to its inspectors to improve their understanding of agricultural tenancies when handling...

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