Planning appeal decision
Bournes Row, Hoghton, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 0DR
Planning appeal 3286159 at Bournes Row, Hoghton, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 0DR (Chorley Borough Council) was dismissed on 22 March 2022 by Inspector Taylor K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class O of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), and in particular paragraph O.1(b).
the change of use from offices to 8 no. self-contained apartments
- Authority
- Chorley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Taylor K
- Postcode
- PR5 0DR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class O of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), and in particular paragraph O.1(b)
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the building was solely in Class B1(a) office use on 29 May 2013 or when last in use before that date, as required by paragraph O.1(b) of Class O of the GPDO.
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