Village Farm, 126 Main Road, Cleeve, Nr Bristol, BS49 4PN

Planning appeal 3316482 at Village Farm, 126 Main Road, Cleeve, Nr Bristol, BS49 4PN (North Somerset Council) was dismissed on 12 January 2024 by Inspector Phillips B, 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 particular regard to the scale and form of development.

Prior Approval to convert the Back Bar into 5no residential dwellings and the Front Barn into 5no garages, one for each dwelling with garden spaces between dwellings and garages, ‘with operational development to replace the current roof sheets, repair the existing cladding and install new windows and doors’. Spaces left in both bans for bat roosts

Authority: North Somerset Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Phillips B
Postcode: BS49 4PN

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 particular regard to the scale and form of development
if so, whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO, with particular regard to the building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building to residential use
if so, whether prior approval would be required in accordance with the conditions set out in Paragraph Q.2 (1) of the GPDO
if so, the impact of the development upon the North Somerset and Mendip Bats Special Area of Conservation

What decided it

The front barn falls outside the residential curtilage of the dwellings and has no provision under Class Q for conversion from agricultural to residential use, meaning the proposal does not constitute permitted development.

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