tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post6993295804897453902..comments2022-12-13T14:45:12.233+00:00Comments on Martin Goodall's Planning Law Blog: Barn conversions again (Part 5)Martin H Goodallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079479984296674469noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-92035791015989189032013-03-12T16:07:06.254+00:002013-03-12T16:07:06.254+00:00I work in a rural LPA. I see no sign of a general ...I work in a rural LPA. I see no sign of a general anti-development sentiment. The right development in the right place is always supported by the officers of this authority. <br /><br />Barn conversions to residential use can be an excellent way to re-use redundant, but attractive, buildings in the open countryside. However, they can also be used as a policy back door by developers to allow them to build new dwellings in unsustainable locations, without any overriding justification.<br /><br />If local authorities do not have relatively stringent barn conversion policies contained within an up to date local plan, then this latter type of conversion will prevail over the former.<br />Dominic Heath-Colemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-515719292019688272013-03-12T13:37:53.315+00:002013-03-12T13:37:53.315+00:00If barn conversions are to be treated as new build...If barn conversions are to be treated as new builds (and I understand the reasoning) then the policies of LPAs must be changed if they have a problem with that.<br /><br />If they don't let you build a new house in the middle of nowhere (usually for reasons of sustainability) why should it be any different for a 'barn conversion'?<br /><br />Simple really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-8147398514625325632013-03-12T11:41:37.736+00:002013-03-12T11:41:37.736+00:00As an aside, I'd like to think that reading th...As an aside, I'd like to think that reading through this detailed 5-part exploration of barn conversions and planning law as legitimate CPD!<br /><br />In respect of LPA's and their attitudes to barn conversion, I agree that they are on the whole unnecessarily resistant to them. Having worked in a rural authority many years ago I know first hand the almost arbitrary nature in which barn conversion policy operates when comaprison is made between neighbouring authorities.<br /><br />In general, I think LPA policy controls over barn conversions are a microcosm of anti-development sentiment, which has its heart in rural areas and which now pervades the entire planning system.<br /><br />Perhaps I'll be feeling more optimistic by the end of the week!Andy Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09686455848134884155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-56666857209053157572013-03-12T10:39:25.116+00:002013-03-12T10:39:25.116+00:00Well I suppose this issue of regulatory arbitrage ...Well I suppose this issue of regulatory arbitrage does keep a few people busy!<br /><br />Evan Owen - Snowdoniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12228099681098123960noreply@blogger.com