®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed23 April 20243326753
First Floor, 95 High Street, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 0NZ
change of use of upper floor to C3 residential accommodation comprising 2 x 1 bed apartments and 2 x 2 bed apartments, with new front door and rear amenity space
- Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Lee S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the living conditions of future occupants, with particular regard to daylight and sunlight, indoor space, outdoor amenity space and outlook
- highway and pedestrian safety
- the housing mix, having particular regard to local planning policies on the provision of flats
What decided it
The insufficient evidence to demonstrate that flats 2 and 3 would receive adequate daylight and sunlight, risking unacceptable harm to the living conditions of future occupants.
Framework references: 129
Plan policies cited: North Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy Policy 8, Rushden Neighbourhood Plan Policy H4
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