Stanterton Farm, Washfield, TIVERTON, EX16 9RE

the “conversion of steel portal frame barn, with existing infill concrete lower level walls and timber sheathing above into 1 no larger dwellinghouse

Authority: Mid Devon District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Evans J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, having particular regard to whether the building operations would be reasonably necessary to convert the building to a dwelling, and whether the location and siting of the building would make it impractical to change to residential use

What decided it

The combination of extensive building works required to make the barn suitable for residential use, exceeding what is reasonably necessary for conversion, and the impractical location and siting due to lack of usable vehicular access, meant the proposal did not satisfy the requirements of Class Q permitted development.

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