Planning appeal decision
Cafe Sport, Station Street, Swinton, Mexborough, S64 8PZ
Planning appeal 3307783 at Cafe Sport, Station Street, Swinton, Mexborough, S64 8PZ (Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 27 June 2023 by Inspector Symmons J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would fall within the provisions of permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the GPDO.
Prior Approval Application – Class E to Class C3
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Symmons J
- Postcode
- S64 8PZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would fall within the provisions of permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the GPDO
- if so, whether prior approval should be granted with regard to the requirement for the provision of adequate natural light
What decided it
The proposal failed to demonstrate that adequate natural light would be provided to all habitable rooms as required by condition MA.2(2)(f) of Class MA, with no certainty that windows needed to achieve this could be satisfactorily installed.
What the Inspector cited
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 56
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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