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Dismissed22 May 20266000707

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

Planning appeal 6000707 at Land at Sx 808 593, Sharpham Drive, Totnes, TQ9 5LD (South Hams District Council) was dismissed on 22 May 2026 by Inspector Kent R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.

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
Postcode
TQ9 5LD

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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