Rose Cottage, Prees Green, Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 2BN

Planning appeal 3351197 at Rose Cottage, Prees Green, Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 2BN (Shropshire County Council) was dismissed on 6 February 2025 by Inspector Han U, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site was used solely for an agricultural use as part of an established agricultural unit on 20 March 2013, or if the appeal building was not in use on that date, when it was last in use (paragraph Q.1.(a)).

change of use of an existing redundant agricultural building into a one bedroom dwelling

Authority: Shropshire County Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Han U
Postcode: SY13 2BN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the appeal site was used solely for an agricultural use as part of an established agricultural unit on 20 March 2013, or if the appeal building was not in use on that date, when it was last in use (paragraph Q.1.(a))
whether development under Class A (a) or Class B (a) of Part 6 of the GPDO has been carried out on the established agricultural unit (paragraph Q.1.(g))
whether the development would result in the external dimensions of the building extending beyond the external dimensions of the existing building at any given point (Q.1.(h))
whether sufficient information has been provided to demonstrate the structural stability of the building or the amount of work required to convert the building to a dwelling (paragraph W(3)(b))

What decided it

The appellant failed to provide sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the appeal site was used solely for an agricultural use as part of an established agricultural unit on 20 March 2013 or when it was last in use, which is a mandatory requirement under paragraph Q.1.(a) of the GPDO.

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