®Planning appeal decision
2 North Lane, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, BS23 1QR
Planning appeal 3344697 at 2 North Lane, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, BS23 1QR (North Somerset Council) was allowed on 25 September 2024 by Inspector Rose C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the disputed conditions are necessary and reasonable having regard to the previous use and condition of the appeal building.
Installation of 2no. ground floor windows on south elevation, a rooflight on rear (East) roof sloping roof plane and a flat rooflight on the flat roof to the East. Retrospective application for the rebuild of property comprising the removal of 2no. existing fire damaged pitched roofs, erection of 1no. replacement pitched roof including an increase in ridge height and 1no. flat roof. Replacement wall on 1st floor rear elevation. Replacement windows and alterations to window sizes on south (side) elevation (4 in total), re-instatement of 1no. door opening and reduction of barge board depth on south (side) elevation. Replacement window on first floor front elevation. Installation of 1no. window on first floor north (side) elevation and 1no. replacement window and alteration to window size of 1no. first floor window on North (side) elevation. Re-rendering of external walls. 2no. rooflights.
- Authority
- North Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Rose C
- Postcode
- BS23 1QR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the disputed conditions are necessary and reasonable having regard to the previous use and condition of the appeal building
What decided it
Condition 6 was not necessary because the building's lawful office use under Class E(g)(i) had been established by a prior Certificate of Lawfulness and the application was not seeking a change of use.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CS3DM32DM47
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 189cParagraph 56
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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