6 Ruswarp Crescent, Greengates, Bradford, BD10 0EQ

replacing 4 front roller shutters

Authority: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Appeal type: commercial · Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: retail · Minor retail and services
Inspector: Caines A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The shutters do not unacceptably harm the character or appearance of the area, being consistent with similar features on nearby corner shops and appropriate to the predominantly residential location.

The potential deadening effect of solid shutters on street character, balanced against the absence of substantive harm, the presence of similar shutters on nearby shops, and the non-distinguished nature of the building, tipped in favour of allowing the development.

Plan policies cited: Bradford Core Strategy (2017) Policy DS1, Bradford Core Strategy (2017) Policy DS3, Bradford Core Strategy (2017) Policy DS5

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