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Dismissed13 March 20233283272

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

Planning appeal 3283272 at Classics Restaurant, 7 Station Road, Manea, March, PE15 0JL (Fenland District Council) was dismissed on 13 March 2023 by Inspector Rafiq F, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of surrounding residential occupiers with regard to noise and disturbance and privacy.

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
Postcode
PE15 0JL

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy LP2Policy LP16Policy LP15Policy LP3
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 130Paragraph 60Paragraph 84

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