Planning appeal decision
Furnace Farm, Furnace Lane, Newent, Gloucestershire, GL18 1DD
Planning appeal 3325667 at Furnace Farm, Furnace Lane, Newent, Gloucestershire, GL18 1DD (Forest of Dean District Council) was dismissed on 21 May 2024 by Inspector Butcher C, 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 Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), with particular regard to the building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building to residential use.
prior approval for the proposed change of use of agricultural building to 2no. dwellinghouses (Class C3) and associated operational development
- Authority
- Forest of Dean District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Butcher C
- Postcode
- GL18 1DD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), with particular regard to the building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building to residential use
What decided it
The totality of works required, particularly the replacement roof system and infilling of open elevation elements, go beyond building operations reasonably necessary for conversion and constitute partial rebuilding rather than conversion within the meaning of Class Q(b) of the GPDO.
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