Planning appeal decision
Southbank Farm, Higher Blandford Road, Cann Common, SP7 0EE
Planning appeal 3276507 at Southbank Farm, Higher Blandford Road, Cann Common, SP7 0EE (Dorset) was dismissed on 15 October 2021 by Inspector Davies N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the building operations involved in the development would be to an extent reasonably necessary to convert the buildings to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses).
change of use and conversion of agricultural buildings into 5 No. dwellings (Class C3)
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Davies N
- Postcode
- SP7 0EE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the building operations involved in the development would be to an extent reasonably necessary to convert the buildings to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses)
What decided it
None of the four buildings would be capable of functioning as a dwelling without substantial rebuilding or the creation of an entirely new building, meaning the building operations would go beyond what is reasonably necessary for conversion under Class Q(b).
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Hibbitt v SSCLG [2016] EWHC 2853
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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