Norfolk artist wins permission to build eco-home at family farm shop |
Mark Reed, a sculptor whose work has been commissioned for Wimbledon tennis tournament, applied with his wife Hannah to build a new barn-style home next to their family business in Ashill.
The couple told Breckland Council’s planning committee that the home, at the Ashill Fruit and Farm Shop between Swaffham and Watton, would allow them to care for elderly parents and support the small apple and pear orchard there.
Mark Reed in his studio (Image: Brittany Woodman)
The proposed plans (Image: Breckland Council)
However planning officers had pushed for refusal, arguing that it........