®Planning appeal decision
60 Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1FB
Planning appeal 3289826 at 60 Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1FB (Leicester City Council) was allowed on 1 November 2022 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would achieve a suitable standard of living conditions having particular regard to the nationally described space standards, noise and disturbance, and the amount of natural daylight reaching habitable rooms.
Notification of change of use of offices (Class B1(a)) to 72 flats (Class C3)
- Authority
- Leicester City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hitchcock R
- Postcode
- LE1 1FB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would achieve a suitable standard of living conditions having particular regard to the nationally described space standards, noise and disturbance, and the amount of natural daylight reaching habitable rooms
What decided it
The proposed accommodation would achieve suitable living conditions through compliance with space standards, adequate noise mitigation via secondary glazing and internal ventilation, and sufficient natural daylight for a constrained town centre location.
What the Inspector cited
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 56Paragraph 125
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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