®Planning appeal decision
Eskamara Pocket Nook Road, Lostock, BOLTON, BL6 4HW
prior notification application, under class Q(b), for change of use of an agricultural building to 3no. dwellinghouses with associated building work and demolition of adjacent building
- Authority
- Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hitchcock R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would be permitted development for the purposes of the Order, having regard to the limitations listed in paragraph Q.1 of Class Q, with particular regard to the use of the site on or before the relevant date of 20 March 2013, and the necessary building operations for the building to function as 3 dwellings
- if the development falls within the scope of Class Q(b), whether or not prior approval would be required in relation to the matters of contamination risks on the site and the location or siting of the building with particular regard to noise and odour
What decided it
The extent of building operations required, which would result in the majority of the building being new-build rather than a genuine conversion, exceeded what is reasonably necessary under Class Q(b) of the GPDO 2015.
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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