®Planning appeal decision
Cross Park Farm, Heath Cross, Whitestone, Exeter, EX4 2HN
prior approval under Class MA for change of use of office building to create 1no. new dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) Refer to Planning Statement. The proposal comprises the change of use an existing office building (Use Class E) to create 1no. one-bedroom dwellinghouse. No operational development is proposed within this prior approval application, only internal alterations necessary to convert the building (e.g., insertion of partition walls, installation of domestic provisions etc.). No external alterations are required in support of the conversion
- Authority
- Teignbridge District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hills J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Class MA of the GDPO
- If permitted development, the impacts of noise on intended occupiers of the development
What decided it
The building's permitted use was established as mixed-use agricultural engineering and contracting business, not a separate office use within Class E, and therefore did not satisfy the Class MA requirement that the building fell within specified use classes for a continuous two-year period.
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