Planning appeal decision
The Pavilion, Lodge Farm Estate, Lodge Lane, Gasthorpe, Diss, IP22 2TL
Planning appeal 3269568 at The Pavilion, Lodge Farm Estate, Lodge Lane, Gasthorpe, Diss, IP22 2TL (Breckland Council) was dismissed on 11 November 2021 by Inspector Cooper W, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would constitute permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO, with specific regard to whether the site was used solely for an agricultural use as part of an established agricultural unit on 20th March 2013, or if in use before but not on that date, when it was last in use.
change of use of agricultural building to a one bedroom dwellinghouse
- Authority
- Breckland Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cooper W
- Postcode
- IP22 2TL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would constitute permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO, with specific regard to whether the site was used solely for an agricultural use as part of an established agricultural unit on 20th March 2013, or if in use before but not on that date, when it was last in use
What decided it
The ambiguity about when cricketing and associated social activity ceased at the appeal site, combined with the building's fixtures and fittings pointing to non-agricultural use, meant the evidence did not unambiguously demonstrate that the site was used solely for agricultural purposes as part of an established agricultural unit on the relevant date, failing to satisfy Paragraph Q.1(a) of the GPDO.
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