Dans, Road Past Waterslade, Hockworthy, TA21 0NR

Planning appeal 3367528 at Dans, Road Past Waterslade, Hockworthy, TA21 0NR (Mid Devon District Council) was dismissed on 21 November 2025 by Inspector Leonard S, 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 GPDO, with particular regard to whether the building has suitable access to a public highway.

a change of use from agricultural to Class Use C3 for the provision of four dwellings which sit within the boundary of the existing barn”

Authority: Mid Devon District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Leonard S
Postcode: TA21 0NS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would constitute permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO, with particular regard to whether the building has suitable access to a public highway
Whether prior approval would be required in accordance with Paragraph Q.2(1) of the GPDO having regard to transport and highways impacts and whether the location or siting of the building makes it impractical or undesirable for part of the building to change from agricultural use to dwellings

What decided it

The building does not have suitable existing access to a public highway as required by Paragraph Q.1(p) of the GPDO, and therefore the proposal does not constitute permitted development under Class Q.

What the Inspector cited

National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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