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Dismissed26 August 20213273072

Unit 9, Riverside Court, Westmoreland, Bath, BA2 3DZ

Planning appeal 3273072 at Unit 9, Riverside Court, Westmoreland, Bath, BA2 3DZ (Bath and North East Somerset Council) was dismissed on 26 August 2021 by Inspector Jones RE, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the proposal would result in an unacceptable loss of employment space in the city.

change of use of vacant office floorspace to create three self-contained flats on the first and second floors, with communal office floorspace on the ground floor

Authority
Bath and North East Somerset Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Jones RE
Postcode
BA2 3DZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether or not the proposal would result in an unacceptable loss of employment space in the city

What decided it

The absence of robust or compelling economic reasons to justify the loss of office floorspace in an area subject to an Article 4 Direction, combined with Bath's significant net losses of employment space and the Council's unmet strategic employment targets.

The modest contribution to housing supply was outweighed by the unacceptable loss of employment space and the consequential harm to the Council's ability to meet its economic growth targets

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy ED1BPolicy SB5Policy B1Policy KE1Policy SV1

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