Planning appeal decision
223A Turners Hill, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, EN8 9DG
Planning appeal 3288899 at 223A Turners Hill, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, EN8 9DG (Broxbourne Borough Council) was dismissed on 21 July 2022 by Inspector Cross D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would accord with the conditions of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the GPDO, with regard to the provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms.
prior approval for proposed change of use from office (use class E) to a one bedroom flat (C3)
- Authority
- Broxbourne Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cross D
- Postcode
- EN8 9DG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would accord with the conditions of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the GPDO, with regard to the provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms
What decided it
The relationship between the appeal site windows and the adjacent service yard, where the parking of high-sided commercial vehicles would likely obstruct natural light, combined with insufficient evidence that such parking would not occur, meant the proposal could not be demonstrated to provide adequate natural light as required by Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the GPDO.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DSC1
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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