Barn at Brook End Farm, Risely Road, Keysoe, Bedford, MK44 2HS

prior notification for change of use from an agricultural building to two dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) including associated building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building

Authority: Bedford Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Sibley G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposed development would constitute permitted development with regards to whether the cumulative floor space of the existing building or buildings changing use to a larger dwellinghouse or dwellinghouses under Class Q exceeds 465 square metres in accordance with paragraph Q.1(b)(i)(bb) of the GPDO
if the proposal is permitted development, whether or not prior approval is required

What decided it

The cumulative floor space of the two proposed dwellinghouses at approximately 460 sqm falls below the 465 sqm limitation in paragraph Q.1(b)(i)(bb) of the GPDO, thereby qualifying as permitted development.

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