Jack and Jill Nursery, Moor Road, Rushden, NN10 9TP

Change of Use from Nursery to Residential. Residential Development of 4No Dwellings including access, parking and amenity space

Authority: North Northamptonshire
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Robbie G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effects of the proposed development upon the character and appearance of the appeal site and surrounding area
Highway and pedestrian safety, with particular reference to the provision of car parking

What decided it

The material harm to the character and appearance of the surrounding area caused by the dominance of car parking and manoeuvring at the site frontage, which would be conspicuously at odds with the prevailing character of terraced residential streets with small front yards enclosed by low brick walls, could not be overcome by other positive aspects of the scheme.

Plan policies cited: NNJCS Policy 8, ENLP Policy EN11, RNP Policy EN1, RNP Policy T1, NNJCS Policy 4

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