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Allowed20 September 20243338279

8 Stocks Lane, Stocks Inn Public House, Stalybridge, SK15 2LW

Planning appeal 3338279 at 8 Stocks Lane, Stocks Inn Public House, Stalybridge, SK15 2LW (Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 20 September 2024 by Inspector Major R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on highway safety and the living conditions of the occupiers of nearby dwellings, with particular regard to car parking.

change of use from Public House (A4) to an HMO (sui generis) providing 8 x no. units

Authority
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Major R
Postcode
SK15 2LW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposal on highway safety and the living conditions of the occupiers of nearby dwellings, with particular regard to car parking
  • whether future occupiers would have access to adequate areas of outdoor amenity space

What decided it

The submitted Car Parking Survey, corroborated by the Inspector's site observations showing available on-street parking spaces, demonstrated that adequate parking capacity existed to accommodate the development without unacceptable impact on highway safety or neighbouring amenity.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy H10Policy JP-C8Policy RD11Policy RD12
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 56

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