®Planning appeal decision
Mill Farm, Mill Lane, Dinnington, Somerset, TA17 8SZ
Planning appeal 3292505 at Mill Farm, Mill Lane, Dinnington, Somerset, TA17 8SZ (South Somerset District Council *) was dismissed on 31 August 2022 by Inspector Marigold O, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the previous permission precludes the appellant from exercising permitted development rights under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO in respect of the appeal barn, or would be undesirable under Part 3 Class Q, Paragraph Q.2.(1)(e).
prior approval for the conversion of an agricultural building into two dwellings
- Authority
- South Somerset District Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Marigold O
- Postcode
- TA17 8SZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the previous permission precludes the appellant from exercising permitted development rights under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO in respect of the appeal barn, or would be undesirable under Part 3 Class Q, Paragraph Q.2.(1)(e)
- The effect of the design of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The design of the proposal, particularly the extensive glazing covering much of the long eastern elevation, would have a harmful effect on the character and appearance of the remote rural area.
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