®Planning appeal decision
12 Farm Road, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LT
retention of change of use from dwelling house (Use Class C3) to care home (Use Class C2) and single storey rear extension, and installation of dormer to rear and rooflights
- Authority
- Birmingham City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- Astley-Serougi B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would provide acceptable living conditions for the future occupants of No 12 Farm Road, with particular regard to the provision of external and internal amenity space
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupants at Nos 11 and 13 Farm Road with reference to noise and disturbance
- The consequences of a refusal of planning permission on the residents of the care home
- The effect of the retention of the care home on the provision of family sized homes
What decided it
The development fails to provide adequate external and internal amenity space for residents and would result in unmitigated harm to neighbouring living conditions through noise and disturbance, conflicting with development plan policies requiring high design quality and protection of amenity.
Framework references: 12
Plan policies cited: Policy PG3, Policy TP35, Policy DM2, Policy DM12
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.