®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Seamus O'Donnells, Exmouth Street, Birkenhead, CH41 4NG
to create a car washing facility on vacant land with a single container store and vehicular access from Exmouth Street
- Authority
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Major R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties, with regard to noise and disturbance
- the vitality and viability of a Primarily Commercial Area and Birkenhead Key Town Centre
What decided it
The absence of any noise mitigation measures and the failure to demonstrate that the proposed car wash would not cause harmful noise and disturbance to neighbouring residential occupiers, combined with the use not being permitted within the Primarily Commercial Area designation.
Framework references: 225, 48
Plan policies cited: Policy HS15, Policy PO3, Policy WD 14, Policy SH6
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.