Leighs Road, Great Leighs, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 3NH

a prior notification for the conversion of a barn and any land within its curtilage to five small dwelling houses (Class C3) and associated building operations

Authority: Chelmsford Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Clarke B

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), specifically 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 as a dwelling

What decided it

The adverse effect on the setting of the Listed Building and curtilage listed farm buildings caused by the domestic appearance and fenestration of the converted building, which would not be outweighed by the limited public benefits of the proposal.

Framework references: 200, 202

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