Planning appeal decision
Oakleigh , Longsight Road, Copster Green, BB1 9EX
Planning appeal 3319125 at Oakleigh , Longsight Road, Copster Green, BB1 9EX (Ribble Valley Borough Council) was dismissed on 28 November 2023 by Inspector Clowes M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would consist of building operations that exceed those reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwelling under Class Q.1(i).
prior notification for the proposed change of use of an agricultural building to a dwelling house - Class Q (a) and (b)
- Authority
- Ribble Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Clowes M
- Postcode
- BB1 9EX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would consist of building operations that exceed those reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwelling under Class Q.1(i)
What decided it
The extent of proposed works, which would strip the building to its bare skeletal steel frame and rebuild it, exceeds what is reasonably necessary for conversion and therefore does not constitute permitted development under Class Q(b).
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