Planning appeal decision
Agricultural Building, Compton Scorpion Lane, Darlingscott, CV36 4PW
Planning appeal 3269751 at Agricultural Building, Compton Scorpion Lane, Darlingscott, CV36 4PW (Stratford-on-Avon District Council) was dismissed on 24 August 2021 by Inspector Watson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would fall within the definition of development permitted by Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 with specific regard to the extent of the proposed building operations.
prior approval application for the change of use of an agricultural building in to a smaller residential dwelling (C3) and associated operational development under Class Q Parts (a) and (b) of the General Permitted Development Order (GPDO)
- Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Watson S
- Postcode
- CV36 4PW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would fall within the definition of development permitted by Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 with specific regard to the extent of the proposed building operations
What decided it
The proposed works would be so substantial as to be tantamount to a rebuild, with retained elements accounting for significantly less than half of the proposed external walls, thereby exceeding the scope of Class Q permitted development.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Hibbitt and another v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) and Rushcliffe Borough Council (2) [2016] EWHC 2853 (Admin)
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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