®Planning appeal decision
2 The Lambing Shed , Blue House Farm, Battle Lane, Marden, Kent, TN12 9AN
Prior notification for the change of use of agricultural building to 1no. dwelling with associated operational development. For its prior approval to: - Transport and Highways impacts of the development - Noise impacts of the development - Contamination risks on the site - Flooding risks on the site - Whether the location or siting of the building makes it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the use of the building to change from agricultural use to C3 (dwellinghouses) - Design and external appearance impacts on the building - Provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses
- Authority
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Walker R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q.1(i) of the GPDO, specifically whether the building works are reasonably necessary for conversion or would constitute rebuilding
What decided it
The absence of substantive evidence from a qualified structural engineer demonstrating that the extensive proposed roof structure works and structural walling modifications were reasonably necessary for conversion, rather than constituting rebuilding, meant the proposal did not qualify as permitted development under Class Q.1(i) of the GPDO.
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