Planning appeal decision
Woodlands Farm, Stocks Lane, Over Peover, WA16 9HD
Planning appeal 3301144 at Woodlands Farm, Stocks Lane, Over Peover, WA16 9HD (Cheshire East) was allowed on 20 January 2023 by Inspector Veevers A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development falls within the terms of the permitted development rights of Class Q(b) of the GPDO, having regard to the limitation in paragraph Q.1(i), with particular regard to whether or not the development would consist of building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building to a dwelling.
conversion of existing agricultural building to 1 no. dwellinghouse with new and existing openings providing for adequate natural light to all habitable rooms
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Veevers A
- Postcode
- WA16 9HD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development falls within the terms of the permitted development rights of Class Q(b) of the GPDO, having regard to the limitation in paragraph Q.1(i), with particular regard to whether or not the development would consist of building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building to a dwelling
What decided it
The existing building's structural adequacy and the scale of proposed works being limited to those reasonably necessary for conversion rather than constituting a rebuild or fresh build.
What the Inspector cited
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 56
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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