15 Greenthorne Avenue, Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 5NY

Planning appeal 3322999 at 15 Greenthorne Avenue, Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 5NY (Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 16 February 2024 by Inspector Wharton T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed conversion of the property from two flats back to a single dwelling constitutes a material change of use requiring planning permission.

the proposed conversion of property in 2 flats back to a single dwelling

Authority: Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Wharton T
Postcode: SK4 5NY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed conversion of the property from two flats back to a single dwelling constitutes a material change of use requiring planning permission

What decided it

The amalgamation of two self-contained flats into one dwellinghouse constitutes a material change of use because it results in the loss of a housing unit from the Borough's overall housing stock in a time of housing under supply, contrary to saved Policy HP1.3.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: UDP HP1.3 'Avoidance of the Loss of Dwellings'
Judgments: The London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames v SSETR and Richmond-upon-Thames Churches Housing Trust (2000); The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 2016

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