All 4 Pawz, The Square, Hawkshead, AMBLESIDE, LA22 0NZ

the change of use of ground floor retail to create enlarged living space for first floor apartment

Authority: Lake District
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: retail · Change of use
Inspector: Freer P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the loss of the retail unit would be consistent with the role and function of Hawkshead as a Rural Service Centre
Whether the loss of the retail unit would undermine policies to enhance the distinctiveness of The Squares, Hawkshead

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate through appropriate marketing or commercial property agent evidence that the retail unit was unsuitable or unviable for its purpose, as required by Policy 23 of the Local Plan.

Plan policies cited: Policy 02 (Spatial Strategy), Policy 23, Policy 12

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