®Planning appeal decision
Golf Sign Co, 65-69 Old Chester Road, Birkenhead, CH41 9AW
Planning appeal 3272847 at Golf Sign Co, 65-69 Old Chester Road, Birkenhead, CH41 9AW (Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 29 September 2021 by Inspector Manchester S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would include adequate parking provision, with particular regard to the safe and efficient operation of the highway and residential amenity.
change of use of the existing building from a sign shop with B1 and B2 use to a gym and fitness centre with D2 leisure and assembly use
- Authority
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Manchester S
- Postcode
- CH41 9AW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would include adequate parking provision, with particular regard to the safe and efficient operation of the highway and residential amenity
What decided it
The absence of parking provision and the resulting on-street parking pressure would harm the safe operation of the highway and residential amenity, conflicting with the development plan with no material considerations to outweigh that conflict.
No balancing exercise was undertaken; the proposal was found to conflict with the development plan on highway safety and residential amenity grounds with no material considerations to outweigh that conflict.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- HS15
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 56
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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