:D;):) I won my appeal. Thankfully the Planning Inspectorate were truly independant & leant no credance at all to the objections raised by the local planning & landscape officers.
From my experience & observation of other's experiences in my area the planning team locally will treat you...
I've bought a field & applied to change use to equestrian for the barn only & keep the land for grazing but our planners are seriously anti equestrian - stated we degrade the landscape & rejected the application. I'm using professionals & still getting the run around. Good luck & if anyone can...