41-43 High Street, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 1RX

Change of use of existing Class A3 restaurant & cafe to Class A4 drinking establishment without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref BR/73/16/PL, dated 8 August 2016

Authority: Arun District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Reid J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether Conditions 3 and 4 are necessary and reasonable to protect the living conditions of the residential occupiers of 39 High Street, regarding noise and disturbance

What decided it

The proposed extended opening hours and removal of the outdoor seating area restrictions would unacceptably diminish the periods when nearby residential occupiers could reasonably expect respite from noise and disturbance, contrary to development plan policies protecting residential amenity.

Plan policies cited: Policy D DM1, Policy QE SP1, Policy RET SP1, Policy TOU SP1, GEN7, GEN32, GEN33

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