®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed21 February 20233301715
Barn East of Castle Lane, Okeford Fitzpaine, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 0RL
the ‘Change of use and conversion of agricultural building into 1 No. dwelling (Class C3)
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Phillips B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO, with particular regard to the building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building to residential use
- if so, whether prior approval would be required in accordance with the conditions set out in Paragraph Q.2 (1) of the GPDO
What decided it
The cumulative extent of building operations required to weatherproof and enclose the structure, particularly the need to add substantial walling to all four elevations to address the open nature of the hit and miss timber cladding, would go beyond what constitutes building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building and would amount to a rebuild rather than a 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.