Questão jurídica principal
Whether the terrain fill in the agricultural zone required a permit and could be retrospectively approved
Decisão extraída
The fill was a permit-requiring terrain alteration, but it could be retrospectively approved because it had agricultural utility and, if the hedge was restored, qualified as site-related under planning law.
Fundamentação extraída
Significant terrain changes outside the building zone are subject to planning permission. In agricultural zones, minor terrain alterations are permissible when they improve agricultural usability, especially relief or soil fertility. Here the fill had such utility and also helped correct an overlarge embankment, so overriding public interests did not stand in the way.