PLANNING permission is being sought to turn a barn into two homes at a farm northeast of Puddington.

Mr and Mrs Adam Perrott of Coombe Farm have applied to convert the barn under “Class Q” of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015, which allows the conversion of agricultural buildings into houses without the need for a full planning application.

The new homes would be single-storey. One would have two bedrooms, and the other one bedroom.

The barn would be extended slightly in the rear right-hand corner to facilitate the conversion.

“The proposal represents the appropriate re-use of an existing agricultural building and will provide new housing through the conversion of an existing structure without increasing the overall building footprint,” planning documents argue.

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You can see the application on Mid Devon District Council’s website under reference 26/01438/PNCOU.