®Planning appeal decision
Lord Duncan , 59 New Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4AB
a change of use of former public house into a 10 No unit House of Multiple Occupation (HMO)
- Authority
- Medway Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hand S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- there are no other planning objections to the principle of the 10 room HMO proposed in the s78 appeal then the only remaining issue is how much of the interior should be restored using traditional materials
What decided it
The harm from loss of the historic pub use and bar area was outweighed by the public benefit of securing the long-term future and viable use of the derelict listed building through conversion to an HMO, subject to appropriate restoration of traditional internal finishes.
the harm to significance from the loss of the pub use and bar area was outweighed by the public good of securing the future of the listed building through its conversion to a viable HMO use
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.