Planning appeal decision
Land Opposite Cadhay Barton, Cadhay, Ottery St Mary, Devon, EX11 1QY
Planning appeal 6001237 at Land Opposite Cadhay Barton, Cadhay, Ottery St Mary, Devon, EX11 1QY (East Devon District Council) was dismissed on 17 April 2026 by Inspector Reeves K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the installation of new vertical timber cladding and corrugated sheeting means that permission cannot be granted for the development by the GPDO.
the change of use of 2no. agricultural buildings into 3no. residential dwellings and associated operation development to enable the buildings to function as dwellinghouses
- Authority
- East Devon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Reeves K
- Postcode
- EX11 1QY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the installation of new vertical timber cladding and corrugated sheeting means that permission cannot be granted for the development by the GPDO
What decided it
The installation of cladding and sheeting within the 10-year period before the Class Q application engages the limitation in Paragraph Q.1(g), preventing the buildings from benefitting from permitted development rights for conversion to residential dwellings.
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