Lafham Hall Estate , Pond Hall Road, Hadleigh , IP7 5PP

Planning appeal 3312776 at Lafham Hall Estate , Pond Hall Road, Hadleigh , IP7 5PP (Babergh District Council) was allowed on 1 November 2023 by Inspector Wallace J, 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, having regard to whether the location or siting of the buildings make it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the buildings to change from agricultural use to Class C3 dwellinghouses.

Conversion of a barn into 2 dwellinghouses and building operations reasonably necessary for conversion

Authority: Babergh District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Wallace J
Postcode: IP7 5PP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO, having regard to whether the location or siting of the buildings make it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the buildings to change from agricultural use to Class C3 dwellinghouses

What decided it

The location and siting of the barn do not make it impractical or undesirable for conversion to residential use, as both the appeal scheme and the extant permission could coexist without unacceptable harm to amenity, heritage or design.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: Pilkington v Secretary of State for the Environment [1973] 1 WLR 1527; Hillside Parks Ltd v Snowdonia National Park Authority [2020] EWCA Civ 1440; Hillside Parks v Snowdonia National Park [2022] UKSC 30

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