®Planning appeal decision
Ashtons Estate Agents, 48 High Street, Redbourn, ST. ALBANS, Hertfordshire, AL3 7LN
change of use of first floor from Class B1(a) (office) to Class 3 (residential) to create one bedroom flat and associated alterations
- Authority
- St Albans City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Bayliss G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the submitted details in respect of noise and vibration insulation are sufficient to enable the condition to be discharged, having regard to the reason for imposing it
What decided it
The Council's prior approval of the acoustic underlay specification under listed building consent, combined with the Inspector's site observations of adequate noise performance and the need to balance noise mitigation against preservation of the listed building's special interest, demonstrated that the submitted details adequately discharged the condition.
Framework references: 135
Plan policies cited: Policy 82, Policy 83
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