®Planning appeal decision
Sunday School Cottage, Main Road, Weaverthorpe, MALTON, North Yorkshire, YO17 8EX
change of use, alteration and extension of Methodist chapel to form a two bedroom dwelling to include erection of a single storey extension to front elevation and formation of a vehicular access with parking and amenity area without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 17/00059/FUL, dated 14 March 2017
- Authority
- Ryedale District Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cragg D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Local Needs Occupancy Condition is necessary and reasonable having regard to Development Plan policy for the location of housing
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide up-to-date evidence (current valuation, appropriate marketing reflecting the restriction, or evidence that renting to a qualifying occupant was impossible) to demonstrate that the Local Needs Occupancy Condition was no longer applicable, and the property was currently fulfilling the condition's purpose.
The conflict with Policies SP1, SP2 and SP21 of the Local Plan Strategy outweighed any material considerations favouring removal of the condition.
Plan policies cited: Policy SP1, Policy SP2, Policy SP21, Ryedale Plan – Local Plan Strategy 2013
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