Farm Building Positioned Adjacent to Morkery Lane, Land on Morkery Lane, Castle Bytham, Grantham, Lincs, NG334SW

Planning appeal 3351456 at Farm Building Positioned Adjacent to Morkery Lane, Land on Morkery Lane, Castle Bytham, Grantham, Lincs, NG334SW (South Kesteven District Council) was dismissed on 12 March 2025 by Inspector Marriott H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the location or siting of the building makes it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the building to change use to a dwellinghouse.

‘this prior notification relates solely to ‘development consisting of a change of use’ of an agricultural building (GIA 110m2) to a single dwellinghouse under the rules of Class Q(a) only as allowed by the GPDO, any matters not encompassed within the requirements of Class Q(a) shall therefore be subject to a subsequent application

Authority: South Kesteven District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Marriott H
Postcode: NG33 4SW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the location or siting of the building makes it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the building to change use to a dwellinghouse
the provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouse

What decided it

The location of the building immediately adjacent to the access and access road of the anaerobic digester plant, which would generate up to 18 HGV movements per day, makes it undesirable for residential use due to unacceptable noise impacts on future occupiers.

What the Inspector cited

National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 135Paragraph 198

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