®Planning appeal decision
10-14 James Street, HARROGATE, North Yorkshire, HG1 1RD
the change of use of ground floor (part) and upper floors from retail (Use Class E) to aparthotel (Use Class C1), erection of third floor and roof extension and alterations to fenestration
- Authority
- Harrogate Borough Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Wraight G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the CA
- Whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for the future occupants of the aparthotel
What decided it
The imposition of a 90-day restriction on the length of individual stays resolved the living conditions concerns while the heritage impacts were found, on balance, not to cause harm to the Conservation Area.
the heritage benefits of removing an unsympathetic extension and the acceptable overall design outweighed the limited residual impact on the Conservation Area, and the harm to living conditions from longer stays was avoided by imposing a 90-day occupancy restriction, allowing the appeal to succeed
Framework references: 56
Plan policies cited: Policy HP2, Policy HP3, Policy HP4
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