Planning appeal decision
Barn at Hill Top, Tenbury Wells , Worcestershire , WR15 8SR
Planning appeal 3366176 at Barn at Hill Top, Tenbury Wells , Worcestershire , WR15 8SR (Malvern Hills District Council) was allowed on 8 August 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 previous GPDO, with particular regard to whether the proposed development would satisfy the requirements of paragraph Q1(i)(ii), that is whether it would consist of building operations other than partial demolition to the extent necessary to carry out the building operations allowed by paragraph Q1.1(i)(i).
proposed change of use of an agricultural barn to 4 no. dwellinghouses and building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion
- Authority
- Malvern Hills District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Guest H
- Postcode
- WR15 8SR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be permitted under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the previous GPDO, with particular regard to whether the proposed development would satisfy the requirements of paragraph Q1(i)(ii), that is whether it would consist of building operations other than partial demolition to the extent necessary to carry out the building operations allowed by paragraph Q1.1(i)(i)
What decided it
The proposed demolition and building operations were limited to works reasonably necessary to carry out the conversion, satisfying the requirements of paragraph Q1(i)(ii) of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO.
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