Planning appeal decision
Post Office House, Headcorn Road, Grafty Green, Maidstone, ME17 2AN
Planning appeal 3300971 at Post Office House, Headcorn Road, Grafty Green, Maidstone, ME17 2AN (Maidstone Borough Council) was allowed on 24 February 2023 by Inspector Wilkinson H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the disputed condition is reasonably related to the subject matter of the prior approval.
Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to bedroom for existing residential dwelling (Use Class C3)
- Authority
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Wilkinson H
- Postcode
- ME17 2AN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the disputed condition is reasonably related to the subject matter of the prior approval
What decided it
The condition was not reasonably related to the prior approval matters under the GPDO and therefore failed the tests of necessity and reasonableness.
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