APPROVAL is being sought for a farm building to be used in part to store a ‘glamping’ site at the Glastonbury Festival.

Work is already underway on a new barn building on land off Cockmill Lane, in East Pennard, which borders the festival site.

The application, submitted by agent Nick Hiscox on behalf of Ty Cook, seeks retrospective permission for a “modern ‘Dutch barn'” with an area of around 1,250sqm.

It sits in the area used during the festival for Festibell, an off-site glamping complex.

“The new building sits on part of a land holding totalling approximately 77 acres,” it said. “The land has been owned by the applicant’s family for over 130 years and is currently farmed by the applicant.

“There are no other buildings on the farm to meet the present and future needs of the applicants as they seek to develop the farm business.”

Permission is being sought for the farm building on land off Cockmill Lane. Picture: AC Jackson/Somerset Council

The primary use of the structure would be to store “farm machinery and ancillary items as well as fodder storage for that produced on the farm”, the application said.

It would also be used “for storage in support of the farm’s permitted development rights and that of the farm’s diversification project – Festibell – a licensed event that takes place for five days in conjunction with the Glastonbury Festival”, it added.

There is no plan to use the building to keep livestock, the plan said.

A previous application to develop agricultural buildings on the site was approved in 2019.

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The Festibell luxury campsite is one of a number of businesses that operate on the periphery of Glastonbury, including nearby Camp Kerala, Love Fields and Glastotel.

It is located near Pedestrian Gate C of the festival, near the Acoustic Stage and the Theatre & Circus Field, in the midst of Campervans East field.

For more details on the application, log on to somerset.gov.uk and search for reference 2024/1253/FUL.