16 Beatrice Street, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 1QG

conversion of communal residential floor space into four one-bedroom flats; division of flat no. 1 into two flats and installation of new windows to the north east elevation

Authority: Shropshire County Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Veevers A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to outdoor private amenity space
The effect of parking associated with the proposal on local parking stress and the living conditions of nearby residential occupiers, with particular reference to disturbance

What decided it

The proposal fails to provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers due to the complete absence of private outdoor amenity space and would cause unacceptable disturbance to neighbouring residents through unmanaged parking-related vehicle movements.

Framework references: 48, 96, 108, 115, 123, 128, 131, 135, 139

Plan policies cited: CS6, CS7, MD2

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