®Planning appeal decision
369 WESTBOROUGH ROAD, WESTCLIFF ON SEA, ESSEX, SS0 9TS
change of use of rear part of ground floor from ancillary storage space to the takeaway (class sui generis) to a house on ground and first floor (Class C3)(Retrospective)
- Authority
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Kemmann-Lane T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the living conditions of neighbouring residential occupiers
- the lack of outdoor amenity space and waste and cycle storage
- the effect on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect on habitats and species in accordance with the Habitats Regulations
What decided it
The site's sustainable location in a dense urban area adjacent to a local centre, combined with the absence of demonstrable harm to neighbours, character, or protected habitats (with appropriate mitigation), justified allowing the retrospective residential use despite the lack of outdoor amenity space.
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