Planning appeal decision
Tower View Farm, Longdon Hill, Wickhamford, Worcestershire, WR11 7RP
Planning appeal 3299596 at Tower View Farm, Longdon Hill, Wickhamford, Worcestershire, WR11 7RP (Wychavon District Council) was dismissed on 17 October 2022 by Inspector Stephens K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be permitted development for the purposes of the GPDO having regard to whether the building operations would be reasonably necessary to convert the agricultural building into a dwellinghouse, to comply with Paragraph Q.1(i)(i) of the GPDO.
application for prior approval under Class Q of Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) to convert an agricultural barn into 5 x residential units
- Authority
- Wychavon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Stephens K
- Postcode
- WR11 7RP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be permitted development for the purposes of the GPDO having regard to whether the building operations would be reasonably necessary to convert the agricultural building into a dwellinghouse, to comply with Paragraph Q.1(i)(i) of the GPDO
What decided it
The discrepancies between the submitted elevation plans and the written description of works prevented the Inspector from determining with certainty whether the extent of proposed building operations would fall within the statutory limits for conversion or would constitute rebuilding, which is not permitted development under Class Q.
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