Planning appeal decision
Community Centre, Wardle Road, Rochdale, OL12 9ER
Planning appeal 3275915 at Community Centre, Wardle Road, Rochdale, OL12 9ER (Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 22 September 2021 by Inspector Manchester S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether condition No 5 is reasonable or necessary in the interests of the character and appearance of the area and for the protection of heritage assets.
Change of use and conversion of community centre to dwellinghouse including removal of existing fire escape to side elevation
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Manchester S
- Postcode
- OL12 9ER
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether condition No 5 is reasonable or necessary in the interests of the character and appearance of the area and for the protection of heritage assets
What decided it
The condition is necessary and reasonable to protect the non-designated heritage asset and its setting from potential harm from unsympathetic boundary treatments, and the appellant's personal circumstances do not outweigh this heritage protection objective.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy P1Policy P2Policy P3
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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