Stone Acre Farm, Sutterton Drove, Amber Hill, Boston , Lincolnshire, PE20 3RS

Planning appeal 3334754 at Stone Acre Farm, Sutterton Drove, Amber Hill, Boston , Lincolnshire, PE20 3RS (Boston Borough Council) was dismissed on 3 September 2024 by Inspector Sibley G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO, with particular regard to whether the site was in agricultural use as part of an established agricultural unit and whether the appeal building was a building brought into use after 20 March 2013 and has been used for a period of 10 years before the date of the application.

‘to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of Agricultural Buildings to 1no. smaller dwelling house (Use Class C3) and for building operations necessary for the conversion.’

Authority: Boston Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Sibley G
Postcode: PE20 3RS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO, with particular regard to whether the site was in agricultural use as part of an established agricultural unit and whether the appeal building was a building brought into use after 20 March 2013 and has been used for a period of 10 years before the date of the application

What decided it

The appeal building was erected in around 2019 and had not been in use for 10 years before the application date, and the site was not demonstrated to be in agricultural use as part of an established agricultural unit for the purposes of a trade or business.

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