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What is 'stalling'? And what is the effect?
There is no end to the amount of government proposals and ideas to reduce livestock. One of the newest concepts: parking. The Provincial Executive of North Brabant came up with it. The Spatial Regulation contains ambitious plans that should make it possible to 'exchange' old stables for new ones. A livestock farmer who wants to build a new barn must have a barn demolished when a farmer stops working. To be precise: 1,1 square meters of barn must be demolished in order to rebuild one square meter of barn.
This 'stalling requirement' will only apply to the so-called 'loft animal husbandry'. We know this term better as 'intensive livestock farming'. Dairy farms are currently exempt from the stabling scheme. Reason: a number of measures are currently being implemented nationally that should control the intensity and size of this sector. These measures are set out in the phosphate reduction plan.
Of course, requirements have also been formulated for this exceptional position. One of these states that the stable to be demolished has lawfully kept farm animals for the past three years. Old vacant stable spaces are therefore not eligible for the proposed scheme.
A 'stalling' entrepreneur who wants to set up an animal shelter or use an existing building as an animal shelter must demonstrate that an existing animal shelter elsewhere has been remediated by demolition or repurposing. In the case of repurposing, it must be factually and legally guaranteed that no more animals can be kept in the building. The cleaned animal shelters may only be used once for stabling. That is all registered.
Parties entering into this 'deal' will be in uncertainty for a while. After all, it must first be established that the stopping location has actually stopped, while the expanding location is dependent on a possible zoning plan change (expansion of a building block) and the required environmental permit. That is certainly no mean feat these days!
Effect on pig and poultry farmers?
Intensive livestock farmers will have to buy the stables of a quitting intensive livestock farmer in order to expand their own business. This leads to additional costs. These are in addition to the extra costs that farmers already have as a result of the (extra-statutory) requirements in the Spatial Planning Regulation 2014 and the Brabant Care Score for Livestock Farming (BZV). For example, due to the 'competitive position' with other schemes and the 110% surface area requirement, the costs can rise sharply.
The scheme does not apply to the whole of North Brabant, by the way. Only areas with a high livestock density are designated for this purpose. West Brabant therefore remains out of reach. The regulation proposed by the Provincial Executive of Noord-Brabant is a precursor to a regulation such as this has been codified in the 'vee-dense areas' bill (the Interim Act). The bill itself is again a forerunner of the Environment and Planning Act.
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All in all, we are dealing with a mess of regulations. It's not getting any clearer, and that's not in the government's interest either. It is more important than ever for the agricultural brokers and appraisers of VBO Makelaar to carefully follow the scheme submitted for consultation. Our customers will need our support!
Jan Lavrijsen REV RT
Board member Agricultural Real Estate Section
