Little Haven, Barford Road, South Newington, BANBURY, OX15 4LN

the change of use of part of an agricultural building and curtilage to one residential dwelling

Authority: Cherwell District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: O'Connor H

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be permitted development meeting the requirements of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q(b) of the Order, having regard to whether it would comprise building operations reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwellinghouse

What decided it

The building's structural capability to function as a dwelling without major structural modification, combined with the cumulative works being reasonably necessary for conversion rather than amounting to a rebuild, satisfied the requirements of Class Q(b).

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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