Planning appeal decision
79 Scarisbrick New Road, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 6LJ
Planning appeal 3315793 at 79 Scarisbrick New Road, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 6LJ (Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 12 March 2024 by Inspector Whitfield J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the material change of use to offices and storage and distribution on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with particular regard to noise.
– unauthorised change of use of a residential dwellinghouse and outbuilding to commercial offices and for the storage and distribution of goods associated with the business operating from the property
- Authority
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Whitfield J
- Postcode
- PR8 6LJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the material change of use to offices and storage and distribution on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with particular regard to noise
What decided it
The imposition of conditions restricting the use class and operating hours would prevent harmful noise impacts on neighbouring residents and ensure compliance with local plan policies protecting residential amenity.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy HC3Policy EQ4
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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