®Planning appeal decision
47 Ferney Field Road, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 0LU
Planning appeal 3346618 at 47 Ferney Field Road, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 0LU (Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 7 November 2024 by Inspector Kempton N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Appeal A: the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area; and highway safety with particular reference to the disposal of surface water from the site.
change of use from garage into holiday let
- Authority
- Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Kempton N
- Postcode
- OL9 0LU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A: the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area; and highway safety with particular reference to the disposal of surface water from the site.
- Appeal B: the effect of the development on the living conditions of occupiers of neighbouring properties, with particular reference to privacy, noise and disturbance in relation to the occupiers of 49 Ferney Field Road and within the site; and highway safety with particular reference to off-street parking provision to meet the operational needs of the holiday let.
What decided it
Appeal A accords with the development plan and Framework; Appeal B causes unacceptable harm to living conditions of neighbouring occupiers that outweighs any benefits, and the parking provision from Appeal A would be necessary to address the highway safety concerns.
Appeal A: the development accords with the development plan and Framework with no material considerations to outweigh this. Appeal B: the limited benefits of economic uplift and use of an existing building are outweighed by the harm to living conditions of neighbouring and future occupiers.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Places for Everyone (PfE) (2023) policy JP-P1Oldham Local Plan policy 9Oldham Local Plan policy 5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 124Paragraph 135
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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