Planning appeal decision
Best Buys, 3A Altwood Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 4PB
Planning appeal 3276034 at Best Buys, 3A Altwood Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 4PB (Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead) was dismissed on 3 May 2022 by Inspector Pipkin R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the internal space can be considered as part of an assessment under Part M.2(1)(e) in relation to design, and if so, whether that represents acceptable design.
‘application for prior approval under Class M of Schedule 2 of Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use from A1 to C3 to create 6 no. dwellinghouses and building operations reasonably necessary to facilitate the conversion’
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Pipkin R
- Postcode
- SL6 4PB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the internal space can be considered as part of an assessment under Part M.2(1)(e) in relation to design, and if so, whether that represents acceptable design
What decided it
The inadequacy of internal floorspace in the proposed studio flats would not provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers and therefore fails to meet the design requirements under Part M.2(1)(e) of the GPDO.
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