®Planning appeal decision
East Woodlands Road, East Woodlands, Frome, BA11 5LU
Planning appeal 3299528 at East Woodlands Road, East Woodlands, Frome, BA11 5LU (Mendip District Council *) was dismissed on 18 November 2022 by Inspector Howell M, 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 approval for a proposed change of use of an agricultural building to a dwellinghouse (Class C3) and for associated operational development
- Authority
- Mendip District Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Howell M
- Postcode
- BA11 5LU
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 cumulative extent of the proposed building operations, which would result in only part of the steel frame and two block walls being retained with extensive new walls, infilling, and roof covering replacement, amounts to a rebuild rather than a conversion and therefore falls outside the scope of Class Q(b) permitted development rights.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Hibbit and another v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) and Rushcliffe Borough Council (2) [2016] EWHC 2853 (Admin)
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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