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Dismissed2 October 20266011939

Pole Barn, Hollywood Farm, Uttoxeter Road, Hollywood, Stone, ST15 8RB

Planning appeal 6011939 at Pole Barn, Hollywood Farm, Uttoxeter Road, Hollywood, Stone, ST15 8RB (Stafford) was dismissed on 2 October 2026, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the building has suitable existing access to a public highway and therefore whether the proposed development qualifies as permitted development under Class Q of the GPDO.

conversion of the redundant agricultural building to one dwelling

Authority
Stafford
Appeal type
minor · Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
residential
Postcode
ST15 8RB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the building has suitable existing access to a public highway and therefore whether the proposed development qualifies as permitted development under Class Q of the GPDO

What decided it

The word 'existing' in Paragraph Q1(p) of the GPDO means something already present, and the suitable access shown on the drawing was not in existence at the time of assessment.

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