®Planning appeal decision
Five Apartments, 59 Hornby Road, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4QJ
change of use from a 12-bed hotel with owners’ accommodation to 5 self-contained holiday apartments
- Authority
- Blackpool Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Major R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would provide satisfactory levels of amenity for future occupiers, with regard to natural light, outlook and internal and outdoor space
- Whether the development would provide an appropriate mix of accommodation
- Whether the development would provide sufficient car parking provision
- Whether the development would provide appropriate green infrastructure and tree planting both on and/or off-site
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the development on the amenity of neighbouring occupiers with particular regard to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The development provides a satisfactory level of amenity for future occupiers and neighbouring properties, with all main issues capable of being addressed through appropriately worded planning conditions, and the change from a more intense hotel use to holiday apartments represents an acceptable form of visitor accommodation.
Framework references: 57
Plan policies cited: Policy CS7, Policy CS12, Policy CS13, Policy CS21, Policy CS23, Policy CS6, Policy DM5, Policy DM17, Policy DM35, Policy DM36, Policy DM41
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