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Allowed29 November 20213277680

59 New Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4QR

Planning appeal 3277680 at 59 New Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4QR (Medway Council) was allowed on 29 November 2021 by Inspector Hand S, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: there are no other planning objections to the principle of the 10 room HMO proposed in the s78 appeal then the only remaining issue is how much of the interior should be restored using traditional materials.

a change of use of former public house into a 10 No unit House of Multiple Occupation (HMO)

Authority
Medway Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Hand S
Postcode
ME4 4QR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • there are no other planning objections to the principle of the 10 room HMO proposed in the s78 appeal then the only remaining issue is how much of the interior should be restored using traditional materials

What decided it

The Inspector's conclusion that continued use of the building as a public house was no longer viable and that conversion to an HMO was the only realistic way to secure the building's future, outweighing the harm from loss of historic pub features.

The harm to significance from loss of the historic pub use, bar and associated features was outweighed by the public good of securing the future of the listed building through conversion to residential use.

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