Planning appeal decision
Barn Adjacent to Dovecote Pound Lane, Toft Monks, Beccles, NR34 0EX
Planning appeal 3330030 at Barn Adjacent to Dovecote Pound Lane, Toft Monks, Beccles, NR34 0EX (South Norfolk District Council) was dismissed on 24 April 2024 by Inspector Bartlett R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would comply with the requirements applicable to development permitted by Class Q of the GPDO, with particular regard to the extent of the proposed building operations.
change of use of agricultural building to residential dwelling
- Authority
- South Norfolk District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Bartlett R
- Postcode
- NR34 0EX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would comply with the requirements applicable to development permitted by Class Q of the GPDO, with particular regard to the extent of the proposed building operations
- Whether the location or siting of the agricultural building make it undesirable for use as a dwellinghouse in terms of its effect on the living conditions of future occupiers
What decided it
The presence of an immediately adjacent agricultural building with potential for future re-use for agricultural or commercial purposes would result in harmful or objectionable living conditions for future occupiers of the proposed dwelling.
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