Performance House , Heywood Street, BURY, BL9 7DZ

the change of use of part of car showrooms to general retailing plus an independent office including an extension to the existing building

Authority: Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: retail · Change of use
Inspector: Baird G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The implications of the proposed parking and servicing arrangements for pedestrian safety and the safety and free flow of traffic on Heywood Street

What decided it

The proposed off-street parking arrangements would not be safe, legible and usable, creating a high probability that parking would occur on Heywood Street, a heavily trafficked main route, thereby unacceptably interfering with the free flow of traffic and constituting a highway and pedestrian hazard.

Plan policies cited: Bury Unitary Development Plan 1997 Policy EN1/2, Bury Unitary Development Plan 1997 Policy HT2/4, Bury Unitary Development Plan 1997 Policy HT6/1, Bury Unitary Development Plan 1997 Policy HT6/2, Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan 2024 Policy JP-C6, Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan 2024 Policy JP-P1

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