Planning appeal decision
Burmans Fields Farm, Dark Lane , Hollywood, Worcestershire , B38 0BS
Planning appeal 3272499 at Burmans Fields Farm, Dark Lane , Hollywood, Worcestershire , B38 0BS (Bromsgrove District Council) was dismissed on 12 August 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 building operations are reasonably necessary to convert the building.
change of use of agricultural building to a dwellinghouse (Class C3) and associated operational development
- Authority
- Bromsgrove District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cooper W
- Postcode
- B38 0BS
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 building operations are reasonably necessary to convert the building
What decided it
The required replacement of the exterior wall cladding and roof sheets would be of such magnitude as to amount to a fresh build with only modest contribution from the existing building structure, thereby exceeding building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building under Class Q.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Hibbitt and another v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Rushcliffe Borough Council [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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