®Planning appeal decision
Allowed20 January 20233297510
Higher Narracott, Road from Townsend Farm to Waterhouse Farm Lane, Exbourne, EX20 3QX
change of use of barns from agriculture to dwellings
- Authority
- West Devon Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Harrington S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO having particular regard to whether the proposed building operations fall within the scope of a conversion
- Whether the location and siting of the buildings makes it impractical or undesirable for the buildings to change to Class C3 dwellinghouses, in terms of the effect on the living conditions of future occupiers with particular regard to noise, odour and disturbance
- The effect of the proposal on protected species
What decided it
The Council's own grant of prior approval for conversion of other buildings at the site demonstrated acceptance that residential dwellings could be located within the farmstead, and evidence indicated agricultural use had not occurred for some time, making the location suitable for residential conversion.
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.