Planning appeal decision
Old Manor Farm, Sandpit Lane, Melton Mowbray, UK, LE14 4NX
Planning appeal 3255384 at Old Manor Farm, Sandpit Lane, Melton Mowbray, UK, LE14 4NX (Melton Borough Council) was dismissed on 25 January 2022 by Inspector Beeby C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal satisfies the requirements of the GPDO with regard to being permitted development under Class Q.
notification for prior approval for a change of use of agricultural building to a dwellinghouse (Class C)
- Authority
- Melton Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Beeby C
- Postcode
- LE14 4NX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal satisfies the requirements of the GPDO with regard to being permitted development under Class Q
What decided it
The building had undergone an intervening change of use to non-agricultural purposes (blacksmithing business) between the 2013 baseline date and the application date, which prevented the Class Q permitted development right from applying.
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