Planning appeal decision
9A East Street, Coggeshall, CO6 1SH
Planning appeal 3283029 at 9A East Street, Coggeshall, CO6 1SH (Braintree District Council) was allowed on 21 June 2022 by Inspector Simpson L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether prior approval should be granted under Class O, having regard to the requirement for the provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms.
Notification for prior approval for a proposed change of use of a building from Office Use (Class B1 (a)) to a dwelling house (Class C3)
- Authority
- Braintree District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Simpson L
- Postcode
- CO6 1SH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether prior approval should be granted under Class O, having regard to the requirement for the provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms
What decided it
The provision of adequate natural light to all habitable rooms through existing windows and roof lights, demonstrated by both the appellant's Internal Daylight Assessment and the Inspector's site observations, satisfied the Class O prior approval requirement.
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