13 Rookery Road, Wyboston, Bedford, MK44 3AX

Planning appeal 3309441 at 13 Rookery Road, Wyboston, Bedford, MK44 3AX (Bedford Borough Council) was allowed on 16 August 2023 by Inspector Robinson N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be permitted development for the purposes of the GPDO having regard to whether sufficient evidence has been presented to demonstrate that the building is capable of conversion through building operations that would be reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwellinghouse to comply with Paragraph Q.1(i)(i) and (ii) of the GPDO.

conversion of agricultural barn to form a single dwelling including associated building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building

Authority: Bedford Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Robinson N
Postcode: MK44 3AX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be permitted development for the purposes of the GPDO having regard to whether sufficient evidence has been presented to demonstrate that the building is capable of conversion through building operations that would be reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwellinghouse to comply with Paragraph Q.1(i)(i) and (ii) of the GPDO
If found to be permitted development, whether or not the transport and highways impacts would be acceptable so as to comply with Paragraph Q.2.(1)(a) of the GPDO

What decided it

The structural report provided sufficient evidence that the building could be converted through reasonably necessary building operations without significant structural interventions, and the transport and highways impacts were acceptable given the lightly trafficked nature of the road and available parking.

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