®Planning appeal decision
Oak Farm O'keys Lane, Fernhill Heath, Worcester, WR3 8RL
Planning appeal 3363047 at Oak Farm O'keys Lane, Fernhill Heath, Worcester, WR3 8RL (Wychavon District Council) was dismissed on 26 June 2025 by Inspector Guest H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be permitted under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO, with particular regard to whether the building operations would be reasonably necessary to convert the building into a dwellinghouse under Paragraphs Q(c), whether these building operations would amount to a conversion, and whether the proposed development would satisfy the requirements of paragraph Q1(j).
prior notification for the proposed change of use of an existing agricultural building, and associated conversion works, to form 2 no. dwellinghouses”
- Authority
- Wychavon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Guest H
- Postcode
- WR3 8RL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be permitted under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO, with particular regard to whether the building operations would be reasonably necessary to convert the building into a dwellinghouse under Paragraphs Q(c), whether these building operations would amount to a conversion, and whether the proposed development would satisfy the requirements of paragraph Q1(j)
- If so, whether prior approval should be granted when assessed against the matter set out at paragraph Q2(1)(g) regarding the provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses
What decided it
The totality of the building operations proposed, particularly those to the north-east elevation involving removal of existing blockwork walling and creation of external courtyards, would go beyond what is reasonably necessary to convert the building and would amount to more than a conversion, thereby falling outside the scope of Class Q permitted development.
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