7 Potter Street, Harlow, CM17 9AD

Planning appeal 3328241 at 7 Potter Street, Harlow, CM17 9AD (Harlow District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 29 January 2025 by Inspector Fleming D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether there has been a breach of planning control in the form of a material change of use (ground c appeal).

Retrospective planning application about the set back of the south eastern wall to provide vehicular access for additional car parking at the existing rear hard landscaping for the ground floor retail unit, including the alteration of the elevations and the installation of an externally illuminated fascia sign”

Authority: Harlow District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: retail · Change of use
Inspector: Fleming D
Postcode: CM17 9AD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether there has been a breach of planning control in the form of a material change of use (ground c appeal)
The effect of the operational development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, having regard to noise/disturbance, light pollution and loss of privacy
Whether the parking and servicing provision is satisfactory

What decided it

The appellant successfully demonstrated under ground (c) that both the previous manufacturing use and the new retail use fall within Use Class E, meaning the change of use did not constitute a breach of planning control as Class E use rights remained on the site.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy PL1Policy PL10Policy IN2Policy IN3

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