Tag / Class Q
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Class Q – New Rules or Old?
Rural landowners and developers currently have an opportunity to secure change of use of agricultural buildings to different uses, the most popular being residential dwellings, under two options via the Class Q permitted development route. Until 20th May 2025, it is still possible to utilise the previous criteria, the key points being that the up…
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Class Q is changing. Opportunities for larger, individual dwellings are limited. Act now!
What do you think of when someone refers to a barn conversion? Nowadays these can range from traditional stone barns through to modern, steel framed buildings and more. The opportunities are huge. An awareness of the principle of Class Q permitted development rights, allowing the conversion of former agricultural buildings to residential dwellings, is generally…
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Does Class Q give the best outcome for barns?
Current legislation provides a unique opportunity to convert qualifying existing agricultural structures, commonly referred to as Class Q, into residential units. Having Class Q permitted development approval, are there further opportunities? Yes, potentially under the fallback position. You can possibly unlock the potential of your underutilised or redundant agricultural buildings if the building qualifies under…
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Another Class Q success. We love barns.
Rarely is any planning approval obtained without challenges. The amount of information required to be provided to achieve a Class Q success is often comprehensive, including specialist reports from third party expertise. Some Class Q approvals are trickier than others to obtain. This recent Class Q success is an exciting opportunity, located in an highly…
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Class Q barn conversion success in South Hams
Talk with any farmer and they will soon tell you how the world of agriculture has changed in recent years. And farmers certainly know the need for diversification and the need for change both in their farming businesses and their own lifestyle. So was this a Class Q opportunity in the South Hams? Introduced in…
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How to Win With Class Q Barn Conversions
Having successfully gained consent for a whole range of agricultural buildings to change their use to dwellings as Class Q barn conversions, we thought we would share some insights into how to approach these projects. The first step is to engage an experienced professional adviser to advise on the suitability of the building in question…
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What Can We Do With This?
Class Q. Some building development opportunities are easier to spot than others. Perhaps the conversion of this barn was not an obvious prospect, but Peregrine Mears Architects has just successfully obtained permission for the change of use to a dwelling. “When asked “What can we do with this? This really caught my imagination” explained architect…
