LOCKERBROOK FARM OUTDOOR CENTRE OFF SNAKE ROAD BAMFORD,
A housing unit is to be replaced on an air quality monitoring station that is located in Ladybower, further along the road from Lockerbrook Farm Outdoor Centre. The monitoring station is part of the UK-wide Automatic Urban and Rural Network (AURN), which consists of over 170 monitoring stations. As part of an enhancement of the UK-wide network to monitor PM2.5, a PM2.5 analyser is to be installed. However, due to the poor condition of the housing, the housing unit is also be be upgraded during the works. The new housing is to be sited on a 150mm deep concrete plinth. No new access is required as all groundworks, installation and ongoing operational maintenance can be completed using the existing entrance to the site. In the past permission for the installation of the monitoring stations has been provided via Permitted Development. The installations have been allowed based on Part A of permitted development due to the purpose of the monitoring station being the for the purposes of the Crown. Permitted development A. The erection or construction and the maintenance, improvement or other alteration by or on behalf of the Crown of— (a)any small ancillary building, works or equipment on Crown land required for operational purposes; (b)lamp standards, information kiosks, passenger shelters, shelters and seats, telephone boxes, fire alarms, drinking fountains, refuse bins or baskets, barriers for the control of people and vehicles, and similar structures or works required in connection with the operational purposes of the Crown. Interpretation of Class A A.1 The reference in Class A to any small ancillary building, works or equipment is a reference to any ancillary building, works or equipment not exceeding 4 metres in height or 200 cubic metres in capacity.