®Planning appeal decision
Rowlandson House, 1-2 Rowlandson Terrace, SUNDERLAND, SR2 7SU
change of use of existing residential care home (Use Class C2) to non-residential institution as a children’s day nursery with additional noise survey work and revised & additional highways analysis
- Authority
- Sunderland City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- Nilsson A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of occupants of nearby residential properties with regard to noise and disturbance and parking
- highway safety
What decided it
The absence of an appropriate mechanism (a section 106 planning obligation) to secure the implementation of the Traffic Regulation Order, which the Inspector found necessary to prevent unacceptable harm to living conditions from parking on the rear lane.
The significant benefits of economic and social benefits from employment creation and community provision, and bringing a vacant building into use, did not outweigh the harm caused by the lack of an appropriate mechanism to implement the necessary Traffic Regulation Order.
Framework references: 130
Plan policies cited: Policy CF4 of the Sunderland Unitary Development Plan (1998), Policy ST3 of the Sunderland Core Strategy and Development Plan (2020)
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