Chatterbox Nursery, 18 Avondale Road, Sefton, Southport, PR9 0ND

Planning appeal 3318186 at Chatterbox Nursery, 18 Avondale Road, Sefton, Southport, PR9 0ND (Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 27 September 2023 by Inspector Normington S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the variation of conditions 3, 4 and 5 would be reasonable or necessary in the interests of the living conditions of the occupants of neighbouring properties, with particular regard to noise and disturbance.

Variation of conditions 3, 4 and 5 of planning permission N/2004/0467 to allow 36 children/babies, use of first floor with external fire escape, and amended operating hours (weekdays 07:30-18:00 only, no Saturday opening)

Authority: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: community-institutional · Other minor developments
Inspector: Normington S
Postcode: PR9 0ND

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the variation of conditions 3, 4 and 5 would be reasonable or necessary in the interests of the living conditions of the occupants of neighbouring properties, with particular regard to noise and disturbance

What decided it

The similarity between the maximum number of children currently using the external play area and the number proposed, combined with the absence of any existing complaints and the imposition of new protective conditions, meant the proposal would not result in unacceptable noise and disturbance to neighbouring properties.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy HC3 of the Local Plan for SeftonSefton UDP Policy H15
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 56

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