1-2 St Onge Parade, Southbury Road, Enfield, EN1 1YU

Change of use of ground floor from recruitment agency (Use Class E) to Adult Gaming Centre (Sui Generis) without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 20/03935/FUL, dated 31 March 2021

Authority: London Borough of Enfield
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: English D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect that removing condition No 5 would have on the living conditions of adjoining residential occupiers in respect of noise and disturbance

What decided it

Removing the opening hours condition would have an unacceptably harmful effect on the living conditions of adjoining residential occupiers through noise and disturbance from customers arriving and leaving during early morning hours, conflicting with development plan policies and paragraph 130 of the NPPF.

Framework references: 56, 130

Plan policies cited: Policy D13, Policy D14, Policy DMD 26, Policy DMD 68

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