®Planning appeal decision
63 Beaumont Road, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS3 6NW
the change of use from cafe to hot food takeaway
- Authority
- Middlesbrough Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Change of use
- Inspector
- Brooker M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not there are sequentially preferable sites on which the proposal, as a main town centre use, could be accommodated with regards the sequential test set out in the National Planning Policy Framework
- the character and appearance of the area
- the living conditions of the occupiers of nearby residential occupiers with regards late evening activity
What decided it
The appellant's failure to submit a sequential assessment demonstrating no sequentially preferable sites for the main town centre use, contrary to Policy DC1 and paragraph 87 of the Framework.
The economic benefits of bringing a vacant building back into use and meeting local demand were afforded some weight but did not outweigh the conflict with the Development Plan arising from the failure to satisfy the sequential test.
Framework references: 87
Plan policies cited: Policy CS13, Policy DC1, Policy CS5
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.