Manor Farm, Sherborne Road, West Stour, Dorset, SP8 5RP

Planning appeal 3293196 at Manor Farm, Sherborne Road, West Stour, Dorset, SP8 5RP (Dorset) was dismissed on 1 November 2022 by Inspector Leonard S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the siting of the building makes it otherwise undesirable for the building to change from agricultural use to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses), having regard to Paragraph Q.2 (1) (e) of the 2015 GPDO, in respect of the living conditions of future occupiers of the proposed dwellings, by virtue of noise disturbance impacts.

change of use and conversion of barn buildings to form 3 No. dwellings (Class C3)

Authority: Dorset
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Leonard S
Postcode: SP8 5RP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the siting of the building makes it otherwise undesirable for the building to change from agricultural use to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses), having regard to Paragraph Q.2 (1) (e) of the 2015 GPDO, in respect of the living conditions of future occupiers of the proposed dwellings, by virtue of noise disturbance impacts
Whether the siting of the building makes it otherwise undesirable for the building to change from agricultural use to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses), having regard to Paragraph Q.2 (1) (e) of the 2015 GPDO, in respect of the setting of the Grade II listed 'Manor Farmhouse'

What decided it

The siting of the barn building in close proximity to multiple sources of agricultural noise disturbance, particularly the large adjacent livestock barn and internal farm access tracks on three sides, makes it undesirable for conversion to residential use under Paragraph Q.2(1)(e) of the 2015 GPDO, as the living conditions of future occupiers would be materially harmed.

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