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Dismissed7 September 20233315451

Whitehouse Farm, Birdbrook, Halstead, CO9 4BT

Planning appeal 3315451 at Whitehouse Farm, Birdbrook, Halstead, CO9 4BT (Braintree District Council) was dismissed on 7 September 2023 by Inspector Szymanski D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not appeals A or B are permitted development under Class Q with reference to the requirements of Q.1(i).

Conversion of agricultural buildings into C3 residential dwellings - see 2130 Pl 500 for location and block plan. 2130 PL 802 and 803 for fenestration details. Appeal B: Ref: APP/Z1510/W/23/3315451 Land North West Of Whitehouse Farm, Finkle Green, Birdbrook CO9 4BT

Authority
Braintree District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Szymanski D
Postcode
CO9 4BT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether or not appeals A or B are permitted development under Class Q with reference to the requirements of Q.1(i)
  • whether or not appeal B is permitted development under Class Q with reference to the requirements of Q.1(h)
  • whether or not prior approval should be granted for Appeals A and B in respect of the matters set out in conditions (e) and (f) of Q.2
  • whether or not prior approval should be granted for Appeal B in respect of the matters set out in condition (g) of Q.2

What decided it

The appellant failed to provide sufficient evidence demonstrating that structural works required for the conversion would fall within the scope of Q.1(i) permitted development, particularly regarding remediation of undermined footings on the right-hand elevation of the larger building.

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