®Planning appeal decision
Barn East of Greyhound Hill, Langham, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5QF
Planning appeal 3368717 at Barn East of Greyhound Hill, Langham, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5QF (Colchester Borough Council) was dismissed on 12 December 2025 by Inspector Phillips A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development complies with Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the General Permitted Development Order, specifically whether the new access track constitutes development reasonably necessary to convert the barn and whether the barn's siting is impractical or undesirable under Q.2(1)(e).
change of Use of Agricultural Building, sited on land to East of Greyhound Hill, to Dwellinghouse
- Authority
- Colchester Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Phillips A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development complies with Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the General Permitted Development Order, specifically whether the new access track constitutes development reasonably necessary to convert the barn and whether the barn's siting is impractical or undesirable under Q.2(1)(e)
What decided it
The length of the proposed access track (approximately 200 metres) and the barn's location a significant distance from the public highway constitute unreasonable levels of development that demonstrate the barn is situated in an impractical location, failing to comply with Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO.
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