Planning appeal decision
Orchard End Farm Water Street, East Lambrook, South Petherton, TA13 5HN
Planning appeal 3308359 at Orchard End Farm Water Street, East Lambrook, South Petherton, TA13 5HN (South Somerset District Council *) was dismissed on 24 July 2023 by Inspector Jones M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the building operations involved in the development would be to an extent reasonably necessary to convert the building to a use falling within Class C3.
change of use and conversion of 1 agricultural building to 5 dwellinghouses under Class Q of Part 3 to Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
- Authority
- South Somerset District Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jones M
- Postcode
- TA13 5HN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the building operations involved in the development would be to an extent reasonably necessary to convert the building to a use falling within Class C3
What decided it
The nature and extent of the proposed building operations, when assessed in totality, would exceed the definition of a conversion and instead qualify as a rebuild, thereby falling beyond the scope of the GPDO.
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