®Planning appeal decision
47 Ferney Field Road, Chadderton, OLDHAM, OL9 0LU
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
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.
Framework references: 124, 135
Plan policies cited: Places for Everyone (PfE) (2023) policy JP-P1, Oldham Local Plan policy 9, Oldham Local Plan policy 5
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.