Planning appeal decision
Apple Blossom Paddocks, Brightlingsea Road, Thorrington, CO7 8JL
Planning appeal 3312267 at Apple Blossom Paddocks, Brightlingsea Road, Thorrington, CO7 8JL (Tendring District Council) was dismissed on 11 August 2023 by Inspector Dring G, 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 GPDO with regard to paragraph Q.1(a).
change of use of a building from agricultural to one residential dwelling
- Authority
- Tendring District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Dring G
- Postcode
- CO7 8JL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO with regard to paragraph Q.1(a)
What decided it
The 2020 extension was so extensive that it amounted to a new building, meaning the building did not satisfy the requirement of being in use for at least 10 years before Class Q development could begin.
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