®Planning appeal decision
Target House, Gatehouse Road, AYLESBURY, HP19 8ED
the change of use to the existing 2nd floor office space of Target House to provide 18no. residential units
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilkinson H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A - Whether the appeal proposal would comply with Schedule 2, Part 20, Class AA of the GPDO, having regard to the effect of the proposal on the external appearance of the building and the amenity of neighbouring premises with particular regard to overlooking, privacy and the loss of light.
- Appeal B - Whether the appeal proposal would comply with criteria MA.1(1)(c) of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the GPDO.
What decided it
Appeal A: the proposal would result in a conspicuously tall and overly dominant building that would unacceptably harm the external appearance of the appeal building. Appeal B: the 840 square metres of floorspace changing use in a single act of development complies with the 1500 square metre threshold in MA.1(1)(c) when interpreted in accordance with Mansell.
Plan policies cited: Policy BE2, Policy BE3
Judgments cited: Mansell v Tonbridge and Malling BC [2017] EWCA Civ 1314
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