®Planning appeal decision
Land to the rear of 39-41, Caroline Street, Blackpool, FY1 5BU
a conversion to a dwelling
- Authority
- Blackpool Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Tweddle J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupants, with regard to internal living space, outlook, daylight, privacy and private outdoor amenity space
- the effect of the development on the living conditions of neighbouring residents, with particular regard to privacy and the fear of crime
- whether the development would comply with development plan policies which seek to achieve balanced, healthy and sustainable communities
- whether the development provides suitable arrangements for refuse storage and collection
What decided it
The proposal would not provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupants in terms of internal living space, outlook, daylight, privacy and private outdoor amenity space, and would cause harmful loss of privacy to neighbouring residents, outweighing the limited benefits of housing supply and building reuse.
The limited benefits of housing supply contribution, reuse of a vacant building and positive economic effects were outweighed by the significant harmful effects on living conditions for future and neighbouring occupants and the undermining of efforts to achieve balanced, healthy and sustainable communities.
Plan policies cited: Core Strategy policy CS7, Core Strategy policy CS12, Core Strategy policy CS13, BLP saved policy BH3, BLP saved policy HN5, BLP saved policy AS1
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.