Planning appeal decision
Roughlands Farm, Grove Road, Old Buckenham, Attleborough, NR17 1PJ
Planning appeal 3279448 at Roughlands Farm, Grove Road, Old Buckenham, Attleborough, NR17 1PJ (Breckland Council) was dismissed on 6 April 2022 by Inspector Tudhope S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal satisfies the requirements of the GPDO with regard to being permitted development for a change of use from an agricultural building to a dwellinghouse, having particular regard to the requirements of Class Q Paragraph Q.1.(i).
Prior Approval for Change of use of Agricultural Building to a Dwelling (permitted development) The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q
- Authority
- Breckland Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Tudhope S
- Postcode
- NR17 1PJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal satisfies the requirements of the GPDO with regard to being permitted development for a change of use from an agricultural building to a dwellinghouse, having particular regard to the requirements of Class Q Paragraph Q.1.(i)
What decided it
The extent of building operations required, amounting to substantial rebuilding rather than conversion, goes beyond what is reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwellinghouse under Class Q paragraph Q.1.(i) of the GPDO.
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