®Planning appeal decision
Allowed16 July 20266003367
Merry View Farm, Road Past St Catherines Church, Whitestone, EX4 2LF
for Prior Approval under Part 3, Class Q (a) and (c) and paragraph W of the GPDO for the change of use of 1no. building within an agri. unit to 2no. dwellinghouses
- Authority
- Teignbridge
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- EX4 2LF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would constitute permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO, with particular regard to Class Q.(a) and Q1.(a)
- If the proposal does constitute permitted development, whether it would meet criteria Q2.(1)(a) to (g), and therefore, whether prior approval would be required and should be granted
What decided it
The 21 May 2024 amendment to paragraph Q1.(a) of the GPDO removed the requirement for sole agricultural use, requiring only that the building was part of an established agricultural unit on 24 July 2023, which the appellant demonstrated through statutory declaration and farmstead documentation.
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