Planning appeal decision
Barn South Of Former Poultry Houses, Monxton Road, Grateley, SP11 8JG
Planning appeal 6012951 at Barn South Of Former Poultry Houses, Monxton Road, Grateley, SP11 8JG (Test Valley) was dismissed on 26 October 2026, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would accord with the description of permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO and in particular paragraph Q.1(j) in respect of the extent of building operations involved.
for proposed change of use of an existing agricultural building to form one dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) together with building operations reasonably necessary to facilitate the conversion
- Authority
- Test Valley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written Part 1
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- SP11 8JG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would accord with the description of permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO and in particular paragraph Q.1(j) in respect of the extent of building operations involved
- whether the location and siting of the proposal would make it impractical or undesirable for the proposed use, with regard to the proximity of the adjacent golf course and the effects on future occupiers in terms of noise, privacy and ball-strikes
- whether the curtilage must include parking spaces, and the transport and highway impacts of the proposal
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