®Planning appeal decision
Osborne Bros, Billet Wharf High Street, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 2ER
to use public amenity space adjacent seating area to Osborne Bros Café to provide additional external seating area with associated boundary treatment and alterations to pedestrian access
- Authority
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Grierson E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Conservation Area
- the effect of the proposed development on highway safety and public accessibility
- the effect of the proposed development on the setting and significance of The Crooked Billet Public House
What decided it
The proposed development would fail to preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the Conservation Area and would cause harm to highway safety and public accessibility that could not be justified by the limited economic benefits identified.
Plan policies cited: Policy KP2, Policy CP4, Policy DM1, Policy DM3, Policy DM5, Policy DM6, Policy CP3, Policy DM15
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