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Allowed20 February 20253348354

G C & A M Sargent, Sunnymead Farm, Holnest, Sherborne, DT9 6HA

Planning appeal 3348354 at G C & A M Sargent, Sunnymead Farm, Holnest, Sherborne, DT9 6HA (Dorset) was allowed on 20 February 2025 by Inspector Kent R, 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, having regard to the building operations reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwellinghouse.

‘Change of use & conversion of agricultural building to 2 No. dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)’

Authority
Dorset
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Kent R
Postcode
DT9 6HA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO, having regard to the building operations reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwellinghouse

What decided it

The evidence demonstrated that the existing structural elements could be retained and reused with internal enhancement, meaning the works amounted to conversion rather than substantial rebuilding, thereby satisfying the reasonableness test under Class Q(b) of the GPDO.

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