Planning appeal decision
Gobolts Farm Buildings, Barnhall Road, Tolleshunt Darcy, CM9 8HA
Planning appeal 3308533 at Gobolts Farm Buildings, Barnhall Road, Tolleshunt Darcy, CM9 8HA (Maldon District Council) was dismissed on 15 September 2023 by Inspector Sylvester G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would constitute permitted development under Article 3(1), Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), with particular regard to the extent of the proposed building operations to Barn B.
the change of use of agricultural buildings to No.5 dwellinghouses (Class C3)
- Authority
- Maldon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Sylvester G
- Postcode
- CM9 8HA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would constitute permitted development under Article 3(1), Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), with particular regard to the extent of the proposed building operations to Barn B
- If the proposal is permitted development, whether prior approval is required as to the matters listed under the condition in Paragraph Q.2.(1) of Class Q of the GPDO
What decided it
The structural survey's identification of inadequate foundations requiring extensive underpinning works that fall outside the permitted building operations listed in Class Q of the GPDO, meaning the proposal amounts to a rebuild rather than a conversion.
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