®Planning appeal decision
Allowed3 February 20223275578
21 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards on Sea, TN37 7DA
described on the application form as “change of use of part of a betting office to a residential dwelling
- Authority
- Hastings Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Douglas L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Flooding risks in relation to the building
- Whether it is undesirable for the building to change to a use falling within the C3 use class because of the impact of the change of use on adequate provision of services of the sort that may be provided by a launderette, but only where there is a reasonable prospect of the building being used to provide such services
- The provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the proposed dwelling
What decided it
The site presents low flood risk, the proposed dwelling would have adequate natural light provision, and the loss of betting office use does not engage the launderette services assessment requirement under Class M of the GPDO.
Framework references: 56
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