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Allowed3 July 20253358736

Barn Adjacent to Farley Green House, Farley Green, Suffolk, CB8 9QE

Planning appeal 3358736 at Barn Adjacent to Farley Green House, Farley Green, Suffolk, CB8 9QE (West Suffolk) was allowed on 3 July 2025 by Inspector Marriott H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GDPO with particular regard to whether the building is part of an established agricultural unit.

a prior approval application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment and Consequential Provisions) (England) Order 2015 - change of use from agricultural building to dwellinghouse (class C3) to create one dwelling

Authority
West Suffolk
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Marriott H
Postcode
CB8 9QE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the appeal proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GDPO with particular regard to whether the building is part of an established agricultural unit

What decided it

The statutory declaration and evidence of continuous agricultural use since 2004, combined with DEFRA registration and annual sheep surveys, established that the building is part of an established agricultural unit as required by Class Q of the GDPO.

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