Planning appeal decision
Barn at Wood House Farm, Edwyn Ralph, Bromyard, HR7 4LX
Planning appeal 3281620 at Barn at Wood House Farm, Edwyn Ralph, Bromyard, HR7 4LX (Herefordshire Council) was allowed on 28 February 2022 by Inspector Thandi B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be granted planning permission by Article 3(1) and Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, with particular regard to Paragraph Q(a) and whether the appeal site is an agricultural building.
change of use of agricultural building to dwellinghouse (Class C3)
- Authority
- Herefordshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Thandi B
- Postcode
- HR7 4LX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be granted planning permission by Article 3(1) and Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, with particular regard to Paragraph Q(a) and whether the appeal site is an agricultural building
What decided it
The appellant's evidence, supported by a letter from previous owners, was sufficient to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the building was used for agriculture for the purposes of a trade or business as part of an established agricultural unit on 20 March 2013, satisfying the requirements of Class Q(a) of the GPDO.
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