Planning appeal decision
Agricultural Building at Daisy Bank Farm, Theddingworth Road, Mowsley, LE17 6PZ
Planning appeal 3362800 at Agricultural Building at Daisy Bank Farm, Theddingworth Road, Mowsley, LE17 6PZ (Harborough District Council) was allowed on 19 September 2025 by Inspector Spataru A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would constitute permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
‘Notification to determine if Prior Approval is required for the proposed change of use of an agricultural building to one smaller dwellinghouse (C3) and for associated operational development (Class Qa and Qb)
- Authority
- Harborough District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Spataru A
- Postcode
- LE17 6PZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would constitute permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
What decided it
The Inspector's satisfaction that the appeal building was used solely for agricultural purposes as part of an established agricultural unit at the relevant date of 20 March 2013, supported by cogent evidence including photographs, customer testimony, and business registration records.
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