Planning appeal decision
Thanes Lane Yard, Thanes Lane, Motcombe, SP7 9LE
Planning appeal 3266012 at Thanes Lane Yard, Thanes Lane, Motcombe, SP7 9LE (Dorset) was dismissed on 6 July 2021 by Inspector Davies N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal satisfies the requirements of the GPDO to be permitted development under Class O of Part 3 of Schedule 2, having particular regard to whether the appeal building has a B1(a) use.
to change use of existing office and ancillary land to a residential dwelling
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Davies N
- Postcode
- SP7 9LE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal satisfies the requirements of the GPDO to be permitted development under Class O of Part 3 of Schedule 2, having particular regard to whether the appeal building has a B1(a) use
- The impacts of noise from commercial premises on the intended occupiers of the development
What decided it
The office building does not have a separate B1(a) use and its conversion to residential would breach Condition 3 of the 2012 planning permission, which restricts the site to arboricultural and tree surgery business use only.
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