Planning appeal decision
Land At Entrance To Footpath From Green Lane To Chalky Lane, Green Lane, Chessington, Surrey, KT9 2DT
Planning appeal 3371767 at Land At Entrance To Footpath From Green Lane To Chalky Lane, Green Lane, Chessington, Surrey, KT9 2DT (Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames) was dismissed on 20 November 2025 by Inspector Housden C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development consists of a change of use of a building that is part of an established agricultural unit, or a former agricultural building that was (but is no longer) part of an established agricultural unit.
change of use of existing barn structures to one residential unit. Location is unchanged from existing
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Housden C
- Postcode
- KT9 2DT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development consists of a change of use of a building that is part of an established agricultural unit, or a former agricultural building that was (but is no longer) part of an established agricultural unit
- whether the building operations are reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwellinghouse
- whether the proposal would comply with the NDSS
- the effect of the proposal on highway safety
What decided it
The evidence fails to demonstrate that the building is part of an established agricultural unit or a former agricultural building that was part of such a unit, as required by paragraph Q.(a) of Class Q of the GPDO.
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