®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed3 January 20243327814
St Matthews Farm, Shafetsbury Road, Forest Deer, GILLINGHAM, SP8 5QR
change of use and conversion of 3 No. agricultural buildings to 3 No. dwellings (Class C3)
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Marigold O
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would comply with the description of permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO with regard to the floorspace of the proposal
- whether the proposal would comply with the description of permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO with regard to the building operations necessary to convert the buildings to residential use
What decided it
The extent of changes proposed to Barn A, including replacement of softwood wall sections combined with infilling of the open-fronted section, would constitute substantial re-building of the existing structure and therefore fall outside the scope of permitted development under GPDO Class Q.
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.