Planning appeal decision
Town Park Farm, , Oakham Road, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 8DG
Planning appeal 3284377 at Town Park Farm, , Oakham Road, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 8DG (Rutland County Council) was dismissed on 28 June 2022 by Inspector Russell M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development falls within the terms of the permitted development rights under Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
‘two-bed single storey farm/equestrian workers cottage from redundant agricultural building’
- Authority
- Rutland County Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Russell M
- Postcode
- LE15 8DG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development falls within the terms of the permitted development rights under Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)
- If so, whether the location or siting of the building would make it impractical or undesirable for the building to change to a dwellinghouse
What decided it
The extent of new walling and structural works required to convert the substantially open agricultural building to a functioning dwellinghouse would exceed what is reasonably necessary for conversion under Class Q of the GPDO.
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