®Planning appeal decision
Golf Sign Co, 65-69 Old Chester Road, Birkenhead, CH41 9AW
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
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.
Framework references: 56
Plan policies cited: HS15
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.