®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed22 December 20213279996
Barn 5, Hamlet, Chetnole, Sherborne, DT9 6NY
change of use of an agricultural building to a two-storey single dwelling
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jones M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the site was used solely for an agricultural use as part of an established agricultural unit on the Relevant Date (20 March 2013)
- the effect of the design or external appearance of the proposal and whether or not the location or siting of the Subject Barn makes it otherwise impractical or undesirable for it to change from agricultural use to a use falling within Class C3, with reference to the setting of Stone Barn
What decided it
The proposal fails to meet the requirements of Class Q of the GPDO because the site was not solely in agricultural use as part of an established agricultural unit on the Relevant Date, and the design, external appearance, and location of the building would harm the setting of the adjacent listed building Stone Barn.
Framework references: 189
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