Pimlico House, Gascoyne Way, Hertford, SG13 8EA

Planning appeal 3274499 at Pimlico House, Gascoyne Way, Hertford, SG13 8EA (East Hertfordshire District Council) was dismissed on 19 January 2022 by Inspector Chalk M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Appeal A: whether the condition is necessary in the interests of highway safety, precise and enforceable.

change of use of Pimlico House from B1 use to C3 use to provide 10 x 1 bedroom flats and the provision of 10 secure cycle parking spaces

Authority: East Hertfordshire District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Chalk M
Postcode: SG13 8EA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Appeal A: whether the condition is necessary in the interests of highway safety, precise and enforceable
Appeals B and C: the transport and highways impacts of the proposed developments
Appeal C: whether it would include the provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses

What decided it

Appeal A: the condition failed the Framework tests of necessity, precision and enforceability; Appeal B: insufficient on-site parking provision combined with limited on-street capacity and displacement of existing parking would harm highway safety; Appeal C: sufficient on-site parking to meet standards and acceptable on-street parking capacity in the vicinity.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy M8Appendix IV of the East Herts Local Plan
Judgments: Wheatcroft

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