®Planning appeal decision
15 Greenthorne Avenue, Heaton Chapel, STOCKPORT, Cheshire, SK4 5NY
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
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.
Plan policies cited: UDP HP1.3 'Avoidance of the Loss of Dwellings'
Judgments cited: 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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