PLANNING permission has been given to build a three-bedroom home next to a barn approved for conversion west of Cheriton Fitzpaine.

Bryony Hosegood of Morles Farm was granted permission last year to convert the agricultural building off Holly Water Road under “Class Q” of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015, which allows the conversion of agricultural buildings into homes without the need for a full planning application.

With the residential use of the site established, Ms Hosegood applied to build a new home near the barn instead. This strategy is known as the “Class Q fallback” position.

The new two-storey three-bedroom house will be used by Ms Hosegood to care for her grandfather “in the short term” and as a family home “in the future”.

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You can see the application on Mid Devon District Council’s website under reference 26/01061/FULL.