®Planning appeal decision
91 Maple Leaf Business Park, Manston, RAMSGATE, CT12 5GD
the change of use of Micro Brewery (Use Class B1, B2 and B8) to Micro Brewery and Drinking Establishment (Use Class B1, B2, B8 and A4)
- Authority
- Thanet District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Price A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the supply of employment land
- the effect of the proposed development on the vitality and viability of the district's town centres
- whether the location of the site is appropriate for a community use
What decided it
The proposed development would result in a harmful loss of employment floorspace within a designated employment area without demonstration that the site is unsuitable for employment purposes, and would introduce a main town centre use outside town centres without a sequential test, contrary to local plan policies SP05, E01 and E05.
Framework references: 83, 87, 88, 104, 105
Plan policies cited: Policy SP05, Policy SP06, Policy E01, Policy SP24, Policy E05, Policy CM01, Policy SP43, Policy SP44, Policy E13, Policy TP02, Policy TP03, Policy QD02
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.