®Planning appeal decision
7 Gay Street, City Centre, BATH, BA1 2PH
the change of use from office (Class E) to a dwelling (Class C3)
- Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Webb B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect that loss of office space would have on the economy of Bath
What decided it
The poor quality of the office space, the availability of ample alternative office accommodation in Bath, and current market signals indicating the loss would not harm economic development outweighed the policy target for office space growth.
The loss of poor-quality office space was outweighed by the heritage benefit of returning the Grade I listed building to its original residential use and the evidence that the local office market could readily absorb the loss without adverse effect on business.
Plan policies cited: Policy B1 of the Bath and North East Somerset Core Strategy 2014, Policy ED1B of the Bath and North East Somerset Placemaking Plan 2017
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