Planning appeal decision
Malthouse Farm, North Aston Road, Duns Tew, OX25 6JG
Planning appeal 3349468 at Malthouse Farm, North Aston Road, Duns Tew, OX25 6JG (Cherwell District Council) was dismissed on 20 December 2024 by Inspector Han U, 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.1(i) of the GPDO having regard to whether sufficient information has been submitted in relation to the building operations required to convert the appeal building to dwellinghouses, and whether the building operations proposed would be reasonably necessary to convert the buildings to dwellinghouses.
a change of use of two agricultural buildings to form five dwellinghouses
- Authority
- Cherwell District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Han U
- Postcode
- OX25 6JG
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 having regard to whether sufficient information has been submitted in relation to the building operations required to convert the appeal building to dwellinghouses, and whether the building operations proposed would be reasonably necessary to convert the buildings to dwellinghouses
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficient information regarding the building operations required to convert the agricultural buildings to dwellings, making it impossible to determine whether such operations would be reasonably necessary as required by Class Q.1(i) of the GPDO.
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