Planning appeal decision
Barn at Blackheath Lane, Wonersh, Guildford, Surrey , GU5 0RF
Planning appeal 3333775 at Barn at Blackheath Lane, Wonersh, Guildford, Surrey , GU5 0RF (Waverley Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 October 2024 by Inspector Miles H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be permitted by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 3 Class Q of the GPDO with regard to whether the development would consist of building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building to a dwellinghouse and a change of land within the curtilage of the building.
change of use from an agricultural building to 1 dwelling (C3 Use class)
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Miles H
- Postcode
- GU5 0RF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be permitted by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 3 Class Q of the GPDO with regard to whether the development would consist of building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building to a dwellinghouse and a change of land within the curtilage of the building
What decided it
The building operations required would be so extensive that they would amount to rebuilding rather than conversion, exceeding what is reasonably necessary under Class Q of the GPDO.
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