Planning appeal decision
Barn Lying South East Of Farmyard - Court Farm Barns, West Woodlands, Frome, Somerset, BA11 5EN
Planning appeal 3296490 at Barn Lying South East Of Farmyard - Court Farm Barns, West Woodlands, Frome, Somerset, BA11 5EN (Mendip District Council *) was allowed on 17 August 2022 by Inspector Conde L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development falls within the terms of the permitted development rights under Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO, with specific regard to the extent of the proposed building operations.
‘Prior Notification for Conversion of Agricultural Building to One Larger Dwelling (resubmission) Barns Lying South East Of Farmyard - Court Farm Barns, West Woodlands, Frome, Somerset BA11 5EN’
- Authority
- Mendip District Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Conde L
- Postcode
- BA11 5EN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development falls within the terms of the permitted development rights under Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO, with specific regard to the extent of the proposed building operations
What decided it
The building's structural integrity and the retention of existing external envelope elements with only localised repairs, combined with proposed works falling within Class Q.1(i) permitted operations, satisfied the requirement that building operations be reasonably necessary for conversion to residential use.
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