Planning appeal decision
Agricultural Building at The Stackyard, Hatton Barns, High Hatton, Shrewsbury, SY4 4EZ
Planning appeal 3276084 at Agricultural Building at The Stackyard, Hatton Barns, High Hatton, Shrewsbury, SY4 4EZ (Shropshire County Council) was dismissed on 17 December 2021 by Inspector McDonagh C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal 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 suitability of the appeal building for conversion and its resulting external dimensions.
change of use of existing former agricultural building to Class C3 dwellinghouse including creation of domestic curtilage (resubmission of 20/02236/PMBPA)
- Authority
- Shropshire County Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- McDonagh C
- Postcode
- SY4 4EZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal 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 suitability of the appeal building for conversion and its resulting external dimensions
- whether the location or siting of the building makes it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the building to change from agricultural use to a use falling within Class C3, with particular regard to outdoor space and potential contamination
What decided it
The proposed external cladding and timber boarding would result in the external dimensions of the building extending beyond the external dimensions of the existing building at any given point, in breach of paragraph Q.1(h) of the GPDO.
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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