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Dismissed24 August 20233318427

The Plant Hotel, 6 Hexthorpe Road, Hexthorpe, Doncaster, DN4 0BG

Planning appeal 3318427 at The Plant Hotel, 6 Hexthorpe Road, Hexthorpe, Doncaster, DN4 0BG (Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 24 August 2023 by Inspector Pearce S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to internal space.

the conversion of upper floors of building to create 6x apartments with associated works (resubmission of 21/03125/FUL, withdrawn on 12/01/22)

Authority
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Pearce S
Postcode
DN1 0BG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to internal space
  • the effect of the proposed development on highway safety and on-street parking

What decided it

The failure of four apartments to meet the Nationally Described Space Standard, resulting in unacceptable cramped living conditions for future occupiers, contrary to Local Plan Policy 45.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 44Policy 45Policy 13 Part A.14Policy 47
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 120

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