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Allowed30 December 20223288447

73 Vicarage Road, Watford, WD18 0EJ

Planning appeal 3288447 at 73 Vicarage Road, Watford, WD18 0EJ (Watford Borough Council) was allowed on 30 December 2022 by Inspector Fallon R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on the vitality and viability of the Local Centre.

for a change of use from taxi cab office to maintenance and repair of motor vehicles

Authority
Watford Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Fallon R
Postcode
WD18 0EJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the development on the vitality and viability of the Local Centre
  • living conditions, with specific regard to noise and odour being experienced by neighbouring residential occupiers at first floor level

What decided it

The scheme would contribute positively to the vitality and viability of the Local Centre by providing a service use with active frontage and increasing diversity, while the constrained garage size and existing high ambient noise levels from the adjacent busy road network would prevent material harm to neighbouring residential living conditions.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SS1.1Policy CC8.4Policy CC8.5Policy QD6.2Policy QD6.4Policy VT5.1Policy VT5.3
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 86Paragraph 130Paragraph 187Paragraph 188

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