Planning appeal decision
High Street, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4AA
Planning appeal 3312041 at High Street, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4AA (Dorset) was allowed on 30 May 2023 by Inspector Cuthbert L, by written representations.
Change of use from Class E to Residential (C3) under permitted development (Article 3(1) and Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the GDPO)
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cuthbert L
- Postcode
- SP8 4AA
What decided it
The Council's unreasonable objection based on unsubstantiated assertions about commercial interest in the units, without evidence, directly caused unnecessary expense in commissioning a marketing report update.
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