Planning appeal decision
Silvretta Barn, Longwick Mill, Lower Icknield Way, Longwick, Buckinghamshire, HP27 9SA
Planning appeal 3294482 at Silvretta Barn, Longwick Mill, Lower Icknield Way, Longwick, Buckinghamshire, HP27 9SA (Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *) was allowed on 27 July 2023 by Inspector Ashworth S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
Partial change of use and conversion of existing agricultural barn building to create 1 x 3-bed dwellinghouse and associated operational development
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Ashworth S
- Postcode
- HP27 9SA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)
What decided it
The substantive parts of the building would be retained and are structurally sound, and the extent of the proposed works is reasonably necessary for conversion to residential use under paragraph 105 of the Planning Practice Guidance and paragraph Q.1 of the GPDO.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Hibbitt and another v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) and Rushcliffe Borough Council (2) [2016] EWHC 2853
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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