Guy Hall Farm, Northington Lane, Awre, GL14 1EL

the change of use of agricultural buildings to no.5 dwellings and for building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion

Authority: Forest of Dean District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Willis S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO
whether the location or siting of the building would make it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the building to change from agricultural use to a use falling within Class C3
the effect of the proposed development on highway safety

What decided it

The extent of demolition and new external wall construction proposed would go beyond what is reasonably necessary for the buildings to function as dwellinghouses under Class Q of the GPDO.

Judgments cited: Hibbitt and another v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) and Rushcliffe Borough Council (2) [2016] EWHC 2853 (Admin)

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