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Dismissed2 March 20233286271

The Old School Kitchen Co Ltd, Unit 4, The Old School, Harbour Road, Gosport, PO12 1BG

Planning appeal 3286271 at The Old School Kitchen Co Ltd, Unit 4, The Old School, Harbour Road, Gosport, PO12 1BG (Gosport Borough Council) was dismissed on 2 March 2023 by Inspector Shearing C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would constitute permitted development under the provisions of Class O of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.

Conversion of the space within the curtilage of the building to two 1 person, 1 bedroom flats. All habitable rooms to have natural light and ventilation

Authority
Gosport Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Shearing C
Postcode
PO12 1BG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposed development would constitute permitted development under the provisions of Class O of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015

What decided it

The business rates records showed the ground floor was used for storage and the first floor for office use in equal proportions, which was insufficient evidence to establish that the whole building was in office use on 29 May 2013 as required by Class O.

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