Planning appeal decision
Artists Retreat, Trapping Hill, Lofthouse, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 5SE
Planning appeal 3284751 at Artists Retreat, Trapping Hill, Lofthouse, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 5SE (Harrogate Borough Council *) was dismissed on 27 January 2022 by Inspector Burnham T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the developer has provided sufficient information to enable the authority to establish whether the proposed development complies with the conditions, limitations or restrictions relevant to Class O of the GPDO.
Prior Approval for a proposed change of use from Studio (Use Class B1(a)) to residential dwelling (Use Class C3) to Barn at Trapping Hill, Lofthouse, Pateley Bridge, HG3 5SE
- Authority
- Harrogate Borough Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Burnham T
- Postcode
- HG3 5SE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the developer has provided sufficient information to enable the authority to establish whether the proposed development complies with the conditions, limitations or restrictions relevant to Class O of the GPDO
What decided it
The developer failed to provide sufficient information to establish that the building's use class falls within B1(a), as required by the limitations in Schedule 2, Part 3, Class O of the GPDO, given the discrepancy between the approved plans and the actual domestic layout observed on site.
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