®Planning appeal decision
2 Gervas Road, Leicester, LE5 2EH
Change of use from butcher shop (Class E) to hot food takeaway (Sui Generis) & Installation of a new extraction flue to the West Elevation
- Authority
- Leicester City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Change of use
- Inspector
- Brook S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether this would be a suitable location for the proposed development, having regard to the vitality, viability and diversity of the Gervas Road Local Centre
- The effect of the proposed development upon the living conditions of occupiers of nearby residential properties, with specific regard to noise, odour and disturbance
What decided it
The proposal would introduce a third hot food takeaway in a five-unit local centre, increasing such uses to 60% and significantly harming the centre's retail function and diversity, while the extraction flue arrangements would inadequately disperse odours and harm residential amenity.
Framework references: 130, 185
Plan policies cited: CS Policy 8, CS Policy 11, CS Policy 3, PS10, PS11
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.