Land at SX 808 593, Sharpham Drive, Totnes, TQ9 5LD

Proposed conversion of an existing agricultural barn into a single dwelling house, located to the east side of an existing yard area, connected to the highway via an existing right of way over the adjacent private road

Authority: South Hams District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Kent R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO, having regard to the building operations reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwellinghouse.

What decided it

The lack of sufficient detail in the plans and structural report to demonstrate that the building operations would be reasonably necessary for conversion to residential use and would not exceed the scope of Class Q permitted development rights.

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