Planning appeal decision
Sturt Farm, Oxford Road, Burford, Oxfordshire, OX18 4ET
Planning appeal 3295121 at Sturt Farm, Oxford Road, Burford, Oxfordshire, OX18 4ET (West Oxfordshire District Council) was allowed on 1 December 2022 by Inspector Hall R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed building operations would exceed that which is reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwellinghouse under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO.
conversion of existing barn to dwelling
- Authority
- West Oxfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hall R
- Postcode
- OX18 4ET
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed building operations would exceed that which is reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwellinghouse under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO
- Whether the development would result in the cumulative number of dwellinghouses brought forward under Class Q exceeding the threshold of 5 dwellings
What decided it
The proposed works were proportionate to conversion of an already substantially constructed building and would not exceed the reasonably necessary threshold under Class Q, and the cumulative number of Class Q dwellings would not exceed 5.
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