Part 3 Class O of the GPDO – Appeal Decisions

This document provides the conclusions, summaries, and decision notices for 300 appeal decisions relating to Part 3 Class O of the GPDO (i.e. office-to-residential conversions):

  • Part 3 Class O of the GPDO - Appeal Decisions
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Note: For an "informal list" of appeal decisions after the above 300 (i.e. appeals decided from April 2019 onwards), please view below at the end of this page. This "informal list" is currently updated every (approx) 3 months (but may be discontinued in the future).

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Statistics:

  • Last updated: 22/07/2021 (no longer regularly updated)
  • Total number of appeal decisions: 300
    (plus 35 "Potential fallback position" appeals, which are NOT summarised (only listed))
  • Number of pages: 859

Notes:

  • The "Reference Section" section within the above document shows the conclusions for all of the appeal decisions, and indicates how many appeal decisions have supported and contradicted each particular conclusion.
  • The "Appeal Decision Summaries" section within the above document provides full summaries for all of the appeal decisions.
  • At the end of each summary, there is a link to the appeal decision notice and (if applicable) the costs decision notice. These links only work for members, and there is no extra cost for clicking on them. This means that only members can see the full details of each appeal decision, including the Planning Inspectorate's reference, the site address, the decision date, the name of the local authority, etc.
  • Whenever new appeal decisions were added to the above document, their conclusions were posted on the Updates page of this website (see the category below) and were included within the next version of the Updates by Email (weekly).

Updates:

Informal list of Part 3 Class O appeal decisions after the above 300 (i.e. appeals decided from April 2019 onwards):

  • [Note: To view this list of 94 appeal decisions, please log onto the website with a current membership.]