Planning appeal decision
Gorse Farmhouse, Crate Hill, Fifehead St Quintin, Dorset, DT10 2AW
Planning appeal 3317505 at Gorse Farmhouse, Crate Hill, Fifehead St Quintin, Dorset, DT10 2AW (Dorset) was dismissed on 18 October 2023 by Inspector Castle S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the extent of building operations proposed for the building to function as 2 dwellings would constitute a conversion.
change of use and building operations to convert an existing agricultural building to two larger dwellinghouses
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Castle S
- Postcode
- DT10 2AW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the extent of building operations proposed for the building to function as 2 dwellings would constitute a conversion
What decided it
The extent of building operations required, particularly the construction of a completely new external wall along the eastern elevation in combination with extensive infilling works, would constitute rebuild or fresh build rather than conversion, falling outside Class Q(b) permitted development rights.
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