On 29/07/2018 20:37, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , TimW writes
On 28/07/18 22:56, John Rumm wrote:
On 27/07/2018 22:27, Chris Green wrote:
Are there special planning permission rules applying where one wants
to build a house for a fmaily member (child) on one's own land?Â* We
have a small-holding in an area where adding new houses is basically
not allowed but a few people have added houses for family members
and/or workers.
Â*If you have existing agricultural buildings that are surplus to
requirements, you may be able to apply for change of use to housing
under the new rules. The small holding adjacent to use, has done that
recently and demolished an old industrial unit / workshop and
replaced it with a terrace of three houses.

There is some shockingly poorly drafted legislation which is being
exploited by wised up landowners recently which says that any old
useless tin shed from the 1980s can now be converted into a dwelling
as a 'barn conversion'.

Not quite that easy, Tim. However, my grain barn has consent for 3
dwellings of up to 1500ft.2 and I see the developer has just gone back
to try and squeeze a smaller 4th. dwelling into the same space.

The existing structure has to be suitable to take the proposed loading.
Steel frame barns on farms, built since around 1990 meet a British
standard BS 5502 class 2.

Planners hate Class Q and drag up every possible objection.
Sustainability otherwise distance to the nearest bus stop is a good one.

On the one near us, they stated in the planning application that the
existing building was in need of repair and it would be cost prohibitive
to try and convert. Hence they wanted to demolish it completely and
build from scratch *close* to its original location (although very
slightly smaller in floor area). That was accepted.


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Cheers,

John.

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