®Planning appeal decision
Richmond, Hook Lane, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 4LP
Planning appeal 3352577 at Richmond, Hook Lane, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 4LP (Fareham Borough Council) was dismissed on 23 May 2025 by Inspector Cahalane R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether, in the context of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Order, the scope of works proposed would consist of building operations that are reasonably necessary for the building to function as two dwellinghouses.
creation of two dwellings in the Barn Building
- Authority
- Fareham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cahalane R
- Postcode
- PO14 4LP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether, in the context of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Order, the scope of works proposed would consist of building operations that are reasonably necessary for the building to function as two dwellinghouses
What decided it
The extent of the proposed internal steel frame system structure to facilitate the conversion was found to go beyond what could be reasonably described as building operations necessary for the building to function as a dwellinghouse, amounting instead to a rebuild or fresh build.
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