®Planning appeal decision
Unit 2 Mount Pleasant Street, Sandwell, West Bromwich, B70 7DP
the change of use of an industrial unit to a snooker hall without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref DC/18/62395, dated 13 August 2019
- Authority
- Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Cuthbert L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the later opening hours on Sundays and the opening of the premises on Bank Holidays would result in an increase in anti-social behaviour in the area and the effect of the varied opening hours on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, in regard to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The lack of evidence linking any anti-social behaviour to the snooker hall premises, combined with the security measures in place and the members-only nature of the club, demonstrated that extending opening hours to 1200-0300 Mondays to Sundays including Bank Holidays would not harm neighbouring living conditions or increase anti-social behaviour.
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