®Planning appeal decision
90 A Market Street, Wirral, CH47 3BD
Planning appeal 3322218 at 90 A Market Street, Wirral, CH47 3BD (Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 5 January 2024 by Inspector Bromley N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the neighbouring occupiers of 8A Hadfield Avenue and 92A Market Street, with particular regard to privacy and outlook.
conversion of first floor to apartments, with additional second floor, creating 6 nr one bedroom apartments and 2 two bedroom apartments. Eight apartments in total with ground floor access and amenity areas. Ground floor of building to remain as retail units
- Authority
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Bromley N
- Postcode
- CH47 3BD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the neighbouring occupiers of 8A Hadfield Avenue and 92A Market Street, with particular regard to privacy and outlook
- whether appropriate living conditions would be provided for the future occupiers of apartment 5, with particular reference to outlook from a bedroom window
What decided it
The unacceptable harm to the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers at 8A Hadfield Avenue through loss of privacy and the provision of unsatisfactory living conditions for future occupiers of apartment 5 substantially outweighed the modest housing and visual benefits of the scheme.
the modest benefits of housing delivery and visual improvement were substantially outweighed by the unacceptable harm to neighbouring living conditions and inadequate living conditions for future occupiers
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy HS4Policy HS13Policy SH7Policy HS5Policy H1Wirral Supplementary Planning Document 2 – Designing for Self-Contained Flat Development and Conversions
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 48
- Judgments
- Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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