®Planning appeal decision
119 Garstang Road, Claughton-On-Brock, PR3 0PH
a single-storey extension with mezzanine to existing storage building to create a retail unit (Use Class E(a)), and erection of workshop building (Use Class B2), with new carparking area in the existing yard
- Authority
- Wyre Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Robbie K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effects of the proposed development on the vitality and viability of town, district and local shopping centres
- The effects of the proposed development on the supply of employment land and premises
What decided it
The availability of a suitably sized retail unit in Garstang town centre, combined with the appellant's failure to provide adequate evidence that the proposed retail use could not be accommodated there, meant the sequential test was not satisfied and the proposal would harmfully undermine the viability of the defined centre.
Framework references: 88
Plan policies cited: Policy EP5, Policy SP2, Policy EP2
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