®Planning appeal decision
3 WATER STREET, ACCRINGTON, LANCASHIRE, BB5 6PX
change of use from retail (salon) to 2 contained flats - 1 at ground floor 1 at first floor
- Authority
- Hyndburn Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Clowes M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed loss of a shop front on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The removal of a traditional shop front and its replacement with unsympathetic materials would cause harm to the character and appearance of the area that was not outweighed by the limited benefits of residential provision.
the limited benefit arising from the provision of 2 residential flats did not outweigh the harm to character and appearance through loss of a traditional shop front and poor-quality façade replacement
Plan policies cited: Policy ATC2 of the Accrington Area Action Plan, Policy DM3 of the Hyndburn Development Management DPD, Policy DM4 of the Hyndburn Development Management DPD, Policy DM28 of the Hyndburn Development Management DPD, Policy DM26 of the Hyndburn Development Management DPD, Policy ENV6 of the Hyndburn Core Strategy (2012)
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.