Planning appeal decision
Higher Edgeworthy, Nomansland, Tiverton, EX16 8NN
Planning appeal 3307104 at Higher Edgeworthy, Nomansland, Tiverton, EX16 8NN (Mid Devon District Council) was dismissed on 4 July 2023 by Inspector Spencer-Peet A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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 (as amended), having particular regard to the requirements of paragraph Q.1(a) in relation to agricultural use and to the limitations set out in paragraph Q.1(i).
Prior notification for the change of use of an agricultural building to a dwelling under Class Q of the GPDO 2015
- Authority
- Mid Devon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Spencer-Peet A
- Postcode
- EX16 8NN
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 (as amended), having particular regard to the requirements of paragraph Q.1(a) in relation to agricultural use and to the limitations set out in paragraph Q.1(i)
What decided it
The totality of works required to Building A, involving wholesale replacement of exterior walls and roof to a skeletal structure, would be substantial and tantamount to new-build, exceeding the building operations reasonably necessary for conversion under paragraph Q.1(i) of the GPDO.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Hibbitt v SSCLG [2016] EWHC 2853
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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