Planning appeal decision
Nightingale Farm School Lane, Great Wigborough, Colchester, CO5 7RN
Planning appeal 3309924 at Nightingale Farm School Lane, Great Wigborough, Colchester, CO5 7RN (Colchester Borough Council) was dismissed on 15 September 2023 by Inspector Palmer N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposals would be permitted development under Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
conversion of two former agricultural livestock and storage buildings into 3 dwellings
- Authority
- Colchester Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Palmer N
- Postcode
- CO5 7RN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposals would be permitted development under Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
- The effect of the development on European designated habitats
What decided it
The extent of structural and construction works required to both buildings would go beyond what could reasonably be described as conversion and would amount to fresh builds, thereby falling outside the scope of permitted development rights under Class Q of the GPDO.
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