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Allowed19 February 20243329838

44 & 48 Allhallows and 50-54 St Loyes Street, BEDFORD, Bedfordshire, MK40 1LN

the ‘change of use of 44 & 48 Allhallows & 50 – 54 St Loyes Street from use as financial and professional services (use class E) to use as nine one-bedroom and one two-bedroom residential dwellings (use class C3) with associated refuse storage & cycle parking. The class E use remains unaltered on the ground floor

Authority
Bedford Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Worley E

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the development would include suitable arrangements for refuse collection from the site under condition G.1.(d)(v) of the GPDO

What decided it

The identification of an acceptable collection point within the adopted highway at the end of Brace Street on hardstanding, within the 25m drag distance, with no requirement for waste collection vehicles to operate differently from current arrangements for nearby properties.

Plan policies cited: Policy 29 (viii), Policy 32 (v)

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