Planning appeal decision
Land at Westside, Chobham Road, Knaphill, Surrey, GU21 2TU
Planning appeal 3291274 at Land at Westside, Chobham Road, Knaphill, Surrey, GU21 2TU (Woking Borough Council) was dismissed on 14 February 2023 by Inspector Sutton A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Article 3(1), Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), having regard to external dimensions of the existing building, agricultural use, and building operations reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwellinghouse.
Prior Approval under Part 3, Class Q of the Town and County Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the conversion of Agricultural Building to create 1No 2 bedroom dwelling. (b) a change of use together with reasonably necessary building operations
- Authority
- Woking Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Sutton A
- Postcode
- GU21 2HZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Article 3(1), Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), having regard to external dimensions of the existing building, agricultural use, and building operations reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwellinghouse
What decided it
The proposal would result in the external dimensions of the building extending beyond the external dimensions of the existing building along the proposed front elevation, breaching Paragraph Q.1(h) of the GPDO.
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