®Planning appeal decision
101 South Road, Waterloo, Liverpool, L22 0LS
Planning appeal 3326424 at 101 South Road, Waterloo, Liverpool, L22 0LS (Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 16 January 2024 by Inspector Cryan M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to the provision of external amenity space and, in Appeal A only, the provision (including the form and arrangement) of internal communal space, and private bedrooms.
Change of use of first and second floors from Bank (Class E) to 8-bedroomed House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Sui Generis), single storey extension to rear, and external alterations including reinstatement of entrance door onto Neville Road
- Authority
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cryan M
- Postcode
- L22 0LS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to the provision of external amenity space and, in Appeal A only, the provision (including the form and arrangement) of internal communal space, and private bedrooms
- Whether the proposal would make adequate provision for the storage of bins and refuse (Appeal A only)
What decided it
The complete absence of private outdoor amenity space (0m² against a 80m² requirement) meant the proposed developments would not provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers in breach of Policy HC4 and NPPF paragraph 135(f).
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy HC4 of the 2017 Sefton Local PlanPolicy IN3 of the 2017 Sefton Local Plan
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 135
- Judgments
- Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin); Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 P37]
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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