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Allowed10 May 20223272780

Knowsley House, Charleywood Road, Knowsley, L33 7BB

Planning appeal 3272780 at Knowsley House, Charleywood Road, Knowsley, L33 7BB (Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 10 May 2022 by Inspector Williamson J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether there are any sequentially preferable sites within or on the edge of Kirkby town centre.

Change of use from Office Use (B1) to Hotel use (C1) with associated car parking and landscaping

Authority
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector
Williamson J
Postcode
L33 7BB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether there are any sequentially preferable sites within or on the edge of Kirkby town centre

What decided it

The significant economic and social benefits of bringing a long-vacant, unmarketable site back into productive use, combined with job creation and social value obligations, outweighed the failure to satisfy the sequential test for town centre uses.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS1Policy CS4Policy CS6Policy CS10Policy EC6Policy CS2Policy CS27
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 86Paragraph 87Paragraph 88Paragraph 91Paragraph 57

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