®Planning appeal decision
21 St. Annes Road, WIDNES, WA8 6RB
a change of use of the rear garden to a mixed use, comprising a child-minding business for up to 6 children and residential use at 21 St Annes Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 6RB
- Authority
- Halton Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- McGlone A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of nearby residents and the amenity of the local neighbourhood, having regard to parking provision, traffic movements, noise and outlook
What decided it
The limited scale of the proposal (up to 6 children), restricted operating hours, and daytime-only operation mean that the additional impacts on parking, traffic and noise would not cause unacceptable loss of amenity to neighbouring residents or harm to highway safety.
The benefits of allowing a small-scale child-minding business use outweighed the additional but not unacceptable impacts on parking, traffic movements and noise, particularly given the restricted hours and scale of operation.
Plan policies cited: Policy TP12, Policy H8, Policy BE1
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.