Planning appeal decision
Broad Corner, Blackwell Road, Barnt Green, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 1PU
Planning appeal 3326124 at Broad Corner, Blackwell Road, Barnt Green, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 1PU (Bromsgrove District Council) was allowed on 9 May 2024 by Inspector Moore J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would comply with the definition of permitted development as set out in the Order, with particular regard to paragraph Q.1(a) and the definition of site and curtilage.
conversion of agricultural building to four dwellings
- Authority
- Bromsgrove District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Moore J
- Postcode
- B60 1PU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would comply with the definition of permitted development as set out in the Order, with particular regard to paragraph Q.1(a) and the definition of site and curtilage
What decided it
The building's original design as a piggery with internal pens and troughs remaining substantially unchanged since 1985, combined with the balance of probabilities that it ceased agricultural use before 20 March 2013, satisfied the permitted development criteria under paragraph Q.1(a)(ii) of the Order.
What the Inspector cited
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 140
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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