Planning appeal decision
Melbourne Community Centre, Church Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EJ
Planning appeal 3332913 at Melbourne Community Centre, Church Street, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EJ (South Derbyshire District Council) was allowed on 25 June 2024 by Inspector Radcliffe I, by written representations.
Demolition of the existing building and development of five new dwellings with associated amenity space and car parking
- Authority
- South Derbyshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Radcliffe I
- Postcode
- DE73 8EJ
What decided it
The Council presented evidence sufficiently respectable to substantiate its decision to refuse permission on design and conservation grounds, and did not behave unreasonably in its treatment of the tree lifespan estimates.
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