Barnardos, 3A Market Place, Chalfont St. Peter, GERRARDS CROSS, SL9 9EA

change of use from C3 3 bedroom flat into a small 5 bedroom HMO

Authority: Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Bowyer J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposal on the vitality and viability of the Chalfont St Peter District Shopping Centre
whether or not living conditions for future occupiers of the development would be acceptable with particular regard to light, outlook and the storage of refuse and recycling

What decided it

The proposal would harm the vitality and viability of the principal shopping frontage and fail to provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, particularly regarding light, outlook and refuse storage.

Plan policies cited: Policy S4 of the Chiltern District Local Plan 1997 Consolidated September 2007 and November 2011, Policy CS18 of the Core Strategy 2011, Policy VC4 of the Chalfont St Peter Neighbourhood Plan 2013-2028, Policy GC3 of the Chiltern District Local Plan 1997 Consolidated September 2007 and November 2011

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