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Allowed7 December 20223302265

Cedar House, Spa Road, Gloucester, GL1 1XL

Planning appeal 3302265 at Cedar House, Spa Road, Gloucester, GL1 1XL (Gloucester City Council) was allowed on 7 December 2022 by Inspector Howell M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the property was lawfully in use as B1(a) (Offices) on 29 May 2013, specifically whether the Job Centre Plus use can be considered ancillary to the B1(a) office use or amounts to a mixed use.

application for prior approval for the change of use from Offices (Class B1 a) to Dwellings (Class C3)

Authority
Gloucester City Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Howell M
Postcode
GL1 1XL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the property was lawfully in use as B1(a) (Offices) on 29 May 2013, specifically whether the Job Centre Plus use can be considered ancillary to the B1(a) office use or amounts to a mixed use

What decided it

Cedar House is a single planning unit with the Job Centre Plus being ancillary to the predominant B1(a) office use, therefore complying with the Class O requirement that the building was used wholly within Class B1(a) on 29 May 2013.

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