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The Council considers that the proposed development does not comprise permitted
development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q, of The Town and Country Planning
(General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the following reasons:
(i) The site is no longer an established agricultural unit and was not part of any established agricultural unit on 24th July 2023. Since any agricultural use ceased it has been used in part as an unauthorised residential dwelling, and has been unused for many years. Furthermore, the floor area of the proposed dwelling exceeds the required 150sqm maximum limit. Therefore it does not benefit from the agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses right under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q(1) (a) (b) and (c).
(ii) Works have already been carried out, and under Q(2) (1) this prior approval route cannot be engaged.
(iii) The formation of several new openings would result in a building of little visual interest at odds with the otherwise higher quality traditional stone built buildings in the area, which would be detrimental to the local character and distinctiveness of the area, contrary to Q(2)(1)(f).
(iv) The cumulative land area occupied by the dwelling's garden area and adjacent parking and turning area, i.e. curtilage, would exceed the footprint area of the barn building subject to the proposed residential conversion. The proposal therefore fails to satisfy Class Q (a) and paragraph (x) of Schedule 2 Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
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