Classics Restaurant, 7 Station Road, Manea, MARCH, PE15 0JL

the change of use from restaurant and 2-bed dwelling to mixed use of 7-bed unit for accommodation of up to 18 residents with shared communal facilities and 2-bed dwelling involving retention of existing outbuilding for storage and demolition of existing shed

Authority: Fenland District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Rafiq F

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of surrounding residential occupiers with regard to noise and disturbance and privacy
whether the proposal would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupants with regards to amenity space provision
the need for agricultural workers accommodation

What decided it

The permanent, substantial harm to the living conditions of surrounding residential occupiers from noise and disturbance outweighed the limited benefits of the scheme.

The substantial and permanent harm to neighbours' living conditions from noise and disturbance outweighed the limited weight given to rural workers' accommodation benefits and the moderate weight given to reuse of the building and support for local services.

Framework references: 130, 60, 84

Plan policies cited: Policy LP2, Policy LP16, Policy LP15, Policy LP3

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