Farr Farm, Habertoft Lane, Habertoft, LN13 9NU

Planning appeal 3314055 at Farr Farm, Habertoft Lane, Habertoft, LN13 9NU (East Lindsey District Council) was dismissed on 4 August 2023 by Inspector Wallace J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would result in the external dimensions of the building extending beyond the external dimensions of the existing building at any given point.

Conversion of agricultural barn to residential use (5 dwellings) with external insulation, render, facing bricks, new windows and doors, and roofing works

Authority: East Lindsey District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Wallace J
Postcode: LN13 9NU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development would result in the external dimensions of the building extending beyond the external dimensions of the existing building at any given point
Whether the building would be suitable for conversion and if so, whether the development would comprise building operations reasonably necessary to convert it to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses)
Whether the location or siting of the building would make it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the building to change from agricultural use to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses)

What decided it

The proposed external works (insulation, render and facing bricks) would extend beyond the external dimensions of the existing building at given points, contrary to the Class Q permitted development requirement.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: Hibbitt and another v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) and Rushcliffe Borough Council (2) [2016] EWHC 2853 (Admin)

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