®Planning appeal decision
The Busy Athlete, Horton Street, Wigan, Lancashire, WN6 7TF
change of use to gymnasium (D2 Use Class) without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref A/20/89598/CU dated 22 July 2020
- Authority
- Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Rafiq F
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the restriction on the hours of use is necessary and reasonable having regard to the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring residential properties, with particular reference to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The conditions restricting operating hours are necessary and reasonable because the additional hour of operation from 6am would likely cause noise disturbance to neighbouring residential occupiers that cannot be adequately mitigated by the proposed attenuation measures.
Framework references: 130, 185
Plan policies cited: Policy S1E of the Wigan Replacement Unitary Development Plan, Policy CP17 of the Wigan Local Plan Core Strategy Development Plan Document
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