Planning appeal decision
Rectory Farm Grange Road, Ickleton, Saffron Walden, CB10 1TA
Planning appeal 3340039 at Rectory Farm Grange Road, Ickleton, Saffron Walden, CB10 1TA (South Cambridgeshire District Council) was dismissed on 4 December 2024 by Inspector Ellis D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed building operations would comply with the provisions under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, specifically whether they are reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwelling.
‘change of use of agricultural building to dwellinghouse (use class C3) and associated operational development.’
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Ellis D
- Postcode
- CB10 1TA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed building operations would comply with the provisions under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, specifically whether they are reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwelling
What decided it
The quantum of building operations required, including new external walls and potentially a new roof, would exceed what is reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwelling under Class Q.
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