Planning appeal decision
7 Sheffield Street, Stockport, SK4 1RU
Planning appeal 3346465 at 7 Sheffield Street, Stockport, SK4 1RU (Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 27 November 2024 by Inspector Bennett T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: impacts of noise from commercial premises on the intended occupiers of the development; audible noise.
Change of use from Class E Car Servicing to Class C3 2 No. Apartments
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Bennett T
- Postcode
- SK4 1RU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- impacts of noise from commercial premises on the intended occupiers of the development; audible noise
- transport impacts of the development
- the requirement for the provision of adequate natural light
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate that impacts of noise from commercial premises would be acceptable and that transport impacts would be satisfactory under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the GPDO.
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