Nightingale Farm, Sincox Lane, West Sussex, Shipley, RH13 8PT

Planning appeal 3306773 at Nightingale Farm, Sincox Lane, West Sussex, Shipley, RH13 8PT (Horsham District Council) was dismissed on 24 July 2023 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether prior approval can be granted under Article 3(1) and Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO having regard to whether the site was used solely for an agricultural use as part of an established agricultural unit on 20 March 2013, including that the change of use would be from a use as an agricultural building on that date.

prior notification for change of use of agricultural building to residential (C3) to form 5no dwellinghouses

Authority: Horsham District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Buchanan R
Postcode: RH13 8PT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether prior approval can be granted under Article 3(1) and Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO having regard to whether the site was used solely for an agricultural use as part of an established agricultural unit on 20 March 2013, including that the change of use would be from a use as an agricultural building on that date

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate that the site was used solely for an agricultural use as part of an established agricultural unit on 20 March 2013, as the western side of the building was in use for equestrian purposes (stables for racehorses and full livery) from 1999 onwards.

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