2A - 2D Curzon Road, Waterloo, Liverpool, L22 0NL

the change of use of redundant commercial space on the first floor to a residential studio

Authority: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Caine M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for future residents with particular regard to the provision of outdoor amenity space

What decided it

The site's district centre location, practical constraints of the existing building, and the nature of studio flat occupancy in town centres meant that the absence of outdoor amenity space would not result in unacceptable living conditions for future residents.

The modest social benefits of bringing a vacant office space back into residential use, combined with the site's accessible town centre location and the practical constraints of the existing building, outweighed the conflict with the SPD's outdoor amenity space guidance.

Framework references: 130

Plan policies cited: Policy HC4

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