Planning appeal decision
3 Darras Drive, Moor Park, North Shields, NE29 8RW
Planning appeal 3342088 at 3 Darras Drive, Moor Park, North Shields, NE29 8RW (North Tyneside Council) was dismissed on 26 June 2024 by Inspector Caines A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the submitted details meet the requirements of condition No 4.
Retention of Use Class E across existing ground floor commercial unit (change of use from hair salon under Use Class E(c) to restaurant/café under Use Class E(b) for sale of food and drink for consumption mostly on premises with some ancillary takeaway) and installation of two extraction duct systems with revised scheme showing higher flue termination points at ridge level
- Authority
- North Tyneside Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Change of use
- Inspector
- Caines A
- Postcode
- NE29 8RW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the submitted details meet the requirements of condition No 4
What decided it
The submitted plans show one of the extraction ducts terminating below ridge level, which conflicts with the explicit requirement in condition 4 that ducts must terminate above ridge level.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- DM6.1DM5.19
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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