®Planning appeal decision
Land adjoining The Bungalow, Gold Valley Lakes, Government Road, Aldershot, GU11 2PT
minor works to facilitate change of use of building to hair salon (A1 use class), including formalisation of existing parking
- Authority
- Rushmoor Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Leonard S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for a hair salon (A1 use class) having regard to the impact on the vitality and viability of the Borough's town, district and neighbourhood shopping centres
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for a hair salon (A1 use class) having regard to the accessibility of the site by means of transport other than the private car
What decided it
The proposal constitutes small-scale rural development exempt from the sequential test under NPPF paragraph 89, and the modest scale and location of the hair salon would not materially harm town centre vitality and viability, whilst supporting rural economic growth.
The benefits of rural economic growth and business expansion through conversion of an existing building outweighed the Council's concerns about town centre vitality and accessibility in a rural location.
Framework references: 81, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 105
Plan policies cited: Policy SS2, Policy NE5
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.