Planning appeal decision
7 Webster Avenue, Blackpool, FY4 3LJ
Planning appeal 3328145 at 7 Webster Avenue, Blackpool, FY4 3LJ (Blackpool Borough Council) was dismissed on 31 October 2024 by Inspector Savage M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the use of the property as a holiday let has occurred as a matter of fact.
without planning permission, the material change of use of 7 Webster Avenue from a single private dwelling-house, to a self-contained holiday let
- Authority
- Blackpool Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Savage M
- Postcode
- FY4 3LJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the use of the property as a holiday let has occurred as a matter of fact
- Whether a material change of use has occurred
What decided it
The holiday let use generated a significantly greater level of noise, odour, vehicular movements and disturbance at unsociable hours compared to the previous single-household use, constituting a material change of use as a matter of fact and degree.
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