Planning appeal decision
Eagle Start Tower, Montpellier Drive, Cheltenham , GL50 1TA
Planning appeal 3331957 at Eagle Start Tower, Montpellier Drive, Cheltenham , GL50 1TA (Cheltenham Borough Council) was dismissed on 4 April 2024 by Inspector Davies H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development for the proposed use was well founded.
confirmation that work undertaken under prior approval ref 15/001237/P3JPA enables further change of use of building from office to residential
- Authority
- Cheltenham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Davies H
- Postcode
- GL50 1TA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development for the proposed use was well founded
What decided it
Only one dwelling unit out of 96 proposed units had been instituted, which as a matter of fact and degree was too small a proportion to constitute instituting the change of use of the whole building, and the three-year completion deadline for the prior approval had expired.
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