Planning appeal decision
18-20 Overpool Road, Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH66 1JN
Planning appeal 3340779 at 18-20 Overpool Road, Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH66 1JN (Cheshire West and Chester) was allowed on 18 September 2024 by Inspector Bromley N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether an additional hot food takeaway in this location would have a significant cumulative impact on public health.
Change of use from empty retail shop (Class A1) to hot food takeaway (Class A5)
- Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Change of use
- Inspector
- Bromley N
- Postcode
- CH66 1JN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether an additional hot food takeaway in this location would have a significant cumulative impact on public health
What decided it
The Certificate of Lawfulness confirming lawful implementation of a previous planning permission for a hot food takeaway at no. 20 Overpool Road meant the appeal proposal represented an expansion of an existing use rather than a new use, removing the Council's public health objection.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SOC 5Policy DM 29
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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