®Planning appeal decision
480 Babbacombe Road, TORQUAY, TQ1 1HN
change of use from cafe to residential accommodation. Replacement of glazed frontage with composite door and UPVC windows
- Authority
- Torbay Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Rose C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area having regard to the Lincombes Conservation Area (LCA)
- whether the living conditions of future occupiers of the proposed development would be acceptable, with particular regard to outlook, and daylight
What decided it
The replacement of the traditional shopfront with smaller, less detailed UPVC windows and door would cause less than substantial harm to the significance of the Lincombes Conservation Area, and the limited public benefits of one small dwelling did not outweigh this harm.
the less than substantial harm to the Lincombes Conservation Area was not outweighed by the very limited public benefits of providing one small dwelling and bringing an empty unit back into use
Framework references: 205, 208, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy DE1, Policy SS10, Policy TC4, Policy TH8, Policy DE3, Policy SS11
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