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Dismissed21 September 20213275467

Bunkers Hill Farm, Bunkers Hill, Laughton, Gainsborough, DN21 3EE

Planning appeal 3275467 at Bunkers Hill Farm, Bunkers Hill, Laughton, Gainsborough, DN21 3EE (West Lindsey District Council) was dismissed on 21 September 2021 by Inspector Walker R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal satisfies the requirements of the General Permitted Development (England) Order 2015 with regard to being permitted development for a change of use from an agricultural building to a dwellinghouse, having particular regard to the requirements of Class Q.1(i).

notification for prior approval for change of use from agricultural building to dwellinghouse

Authority
West Lindsey District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Walker R
Postcode
DN21 3EE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal satisfies the requirements of the General Permitted Development (England) Order 2015 with regard to being permitted development for a change of use from an agricultural building to a dwellinghouse, having particular regard to the requirements of Class Q.1(i)
  • if so, whether the location of the agricultural building makes it impractical or undesirable for it to be used as a dwellinghouse in terms of its effect on the living conditions of future occupiers of the proposed dwellinghouse, having particular regard to noise and dust

What decided it

The location of the agricultural building within an active farmyard with cereal storage barns generating loud constant noise would make it undesirable for use as a dwellinghouse due to unacceptable living conditions for future occupiers.

What the Inspector cited

National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 130
Judgments
Hibbitt and another v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Rushcliffe Borough Council [2016] EWHC 2853 (Admin)

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