Key legal question
Whether the federal court should overturn the cantonal court's refusal of the pig barn permit based on the village protection rules.
Extracted holding
No. The cantonal court could deny the project because the barn's size would seriously impair the protected village ensemble and surrounding landscape, regardless of whether it lay just inside or just outside the perimeter.
Extracted reasoning
The lower court did not misapply the local protection provision; it relied on a broader balancing under federal planning law. The protected character of the village as an ensemble, the rural location outside the building zone, and the massive dimensions of the planned structure justified refusal.