On 29/07/2018 20:37, Tim Lamb wrote:

The existing structure has to be suitable to take the proposed loading.
Steel frame barns on farms, built since around 1990 meet a British
standard BS 5502 class 2.


That's changed/changing to permit structural reinforcement.

I wouldn't mind so much if farmers didn't insist that they need both
direct support (including de facto State insurance against foot and
mouth etc) _and_ freedoms such as this licence to coin it from the open
market from surplus buildings.

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Robin
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