Planning appeal decision
177 High Street, Epping, CM16 4BL
Planning appeal 3328699 at 177 High Street, Epping, CM16 4BL (Epping Forest District Council) was allowed on 30 July 2024 by Inspector Woodwards O, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposals accord with the requirements of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class G of the GPDO, with regard to Condition G.1(b).
Prior Approval for the use of the upper floors of 177 High Street, Epping as two residential flats above the ground floor retail unit in accordance with Schedule 2 Part 3 Class G of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Woodwards O
- Postcode
- CM16 4BL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposals accord with the requirements of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class G of the GPDO, with regard to Condition G.1(b)
- whether they comply with the prior approval process for development permitted by Class G, with particular regard to Condition G.1(d)(v)
What decided it
The proposals comply with the GPDO permitted development conditions, particularly that the ground floor corridors are ancillary to the flats rather than separate flats, and the refuse storage arrangements are adequate and appropriately located.
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