Planning appeal decision
The Barn, Kendall Lane, Milton on Stour, SP8 5PZ
Planning appeal 3353587 at The Barn, Kendall Lane, Milton on Stour, SP8 5PZ (Dorset) was dismissed on 6 June 2025 by Inspector Worley E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be permitted development under Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO and if so, whether the location or siting of the building would make it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the building to change from agricultural use to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses).
the change of use and conversion of agricultural building to dwelling (use class C3)
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Worley E
- Postcode
- SP8 5PZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be permitted development under Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO and if so, whether the location or siting of the building would make it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the building to change from agricultural use to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses)
What decided it
The total floor space of the building changing use to residential use would exceed 465 square metres, exceeding the permitted development threshold under Class Q of the GPDO.
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