# Ladywell, Kilkhampton, Bude

- **Decision:** dismissed, 26 August 2026
- **Decided by:** Planning Inspector: O Marigold
- **Authority:** Cornwall (South West)
- **Appeal reference:** 6010975
- **Application reference:** PA25/08174
- **Procedure:** written-representations
- **Development:** Class Q prior approval — part of timber portal-frame agricultural building to single dwelling
- **Homes:** 1
- **Site context:** open-countryside
- **Green Belt:** no
- **Framework applied:** August 2026 NPPF
- **Determinative policies:** DM9
- **Main issues:** whether works amount to conversion
- **Tags:** tier-2, prior-approval, class-q, limited-nppf-engagement

## Summary
Class Q conversion of part of an open-fronted timber barn, dismissed under Hibbitt. The works would "go well beyond a conversion and would amount in effect to a fresh build" (DL ¶11). The Framework is not referred to.

## What made the difference
Individually permissible works added up cumulatively: three of the four walls of the dwelling would be new, two bays demolished, and the roof finishes replaced (DL ¶¶9–11).

## Policy findings
- **DM9: fail.** GPDO Q.1(j)/Hibbitt — three of four dwelling walls new, two bays demolished, new roof finishes and floor; "in effect … a fresh build" (DL 4-11); Framework not cited

## Key facts
- 8-bay open-fronted timber barn; 4 bays to dwelling, 2 retained agricultural, 2 demolished
- Appellant's Sydenham appeal (APP/Q3115/W/25/3366845) distinguished

## Sources
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/published-document/f4fbaa82-3569-45e6-bea9-215298acb2b4
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/comment-planning-appeal/appeals/6010975

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