Planning appeal decision
Willowbrook Farm, Flawforth Lane, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, NG11 6NG
Planning appeal 3368868 at Willowbrook Farm, Flawforth Lane, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, NG11 6NG (Rushcliffe Borough Council) was dismissed on 11 November 2025 by Inspector Senior H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed works would constitute permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO, with particular regard to the agricultural use of the building as part of an established agricultural unit and curtilage.
conversion of an existing Steel Framed Agricultural Barn to one house (435m2)
- Authority
- Rushcliffe Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Senior H
- Postcode
- NG11 6NG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed works would constitute permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO, with particular regard to the agricultural use of the building as part of an established agricultural unit and curtilage
What decided it
The building did not satisfy the requirement to have been solely used for agricultural purposes as part of an established agricultural unit, and the proposed curtilage exceeded the permitted size limit under Class Q.
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