®Planning appeal decision
Allowed1 December 20213275424
Pool House Farm Studd Lane, Abberley, WORCESTER, WR6 6AU
the change of use of an agricultural building to a dwellinghouse
- Authority
- Malvern Hills District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Thandi B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be granted planning permission by Article 3(1) and Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (the GPDO), with particular regard to Paragraph Q(b) building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building
- Whether the location of the building makes it otherwise impractical or undesirable for residential use, having particular regard to agricultural activities nearby
- The effect of the proposed development upon the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The existing building structure was already suitable for conversion to residential use and the proposed building operations would not exceed those reasonably necessary under Class Q(b) of the GPDO.
Judgments cited: Hibbitt and Another v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Rushcliffe Borough Council [2016] EWHC 2853 (Admin)
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