Crockwell Barn, Crockwell House Farm, Manor Road, Great Bourton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 1QT

Planning appeal 3329034 at Crockwell Barn, Crockwell House Farm, Manor Road, Great Bourton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 1QT (Cherwell District Council) was allowed on 1 March 2024 by Inspector Hall R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed building operations would exceed that which is reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwellinghouse under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q.1.(i) of the GPDO.

prior approval notification under Class Q (b) for development referred to in paragraph (a) of Class Q for the change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from a use as an agricultural building to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses) together with building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building referred to in paragraph (a) to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses)

Authority: Cherwell District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Hall R
Postcode: OX17 1QT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed building operations would exceed that which is reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwellinghouse under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q.1.(i) of the GPDO

What decided it

The extent of proposed works, assessed as a matter of fact and degree, would constitute conversion rather than rebuilding and therefore comply with the limitation in paragraph Q.1.(i) of the GPDO that building operations must be reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwellinghouse.

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