Land at 347770 145347, Barrow Causeway, Wells, BA5 1PJ

Planning appeal 3277306 at Land at 347770 145347, Barrow Causeway, Wells, BA5 1PJ (Mendip District Council *) was dismissed on 22 September 2021 by Inspector O'Connor H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be permitted development, with particular regard to whether the requirements of Class Q(b) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 would be met.

the ‘conversion of agricultural barn in field south of Wells Road to a dwellinghouse

Authority: Mendip 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, with particular regard to whether the requirements of Class Q(b) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 would be met

What decided it

The cumulative extent of the proposed building operations, particularly the replacement of most external fabric, potential foundation underpinning, and substantial structural works, would go beyond what is reasonably necessary for conversion and therefore fall outside the permitted development rights under Class Q(b).

What the Inspector cited

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

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